Definition of encumber

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Encumber (v. t.) To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages..

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Lumber :: Lumber (b. t.) To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room..
Unencumber :: Unencumber (v. t.) To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages..
Free :: Free (superl.) Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of..
Disencumbering :: Disencumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disencumbe.
Encumbering :: Encumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encumbe.
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
Crowd :: Crowd (v. t.) To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity..
Pack :: Pack (n.) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse..
Encomber :: Encomber (v. t.) See Encumber.
Unclog :: Unclog (v. t.) To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty..
Pesterous :: Pesterous (a.) Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Encumbrance :: Encumbrance (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance..
Handicap :: Handicap (v. t.) To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped..
Rid :: Rid (v. t.) To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of.
Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..
Incomber :: Incomber (v. t.) See Encumber.
Bemire :: Bemire (v. t.) To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt..
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