Definition of burden

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Burden (v. t.) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable)..

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Burden :: Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace..
Relief :: Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).
Onerate :: Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel..
Exoneration :: Exoneration (n.) The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Burdening :: Burdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burde.
Insupportable :: Insupportable (a.) Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain..
Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b)..
Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
Condition :: Condition (n.) To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of..
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel..
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.
Disburden :: Disburden (v. i.) To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
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