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Encumber

ENCUM'BER, v.t. 1. To load; to clog; to impede motion with a load, burden or any thing inconvenient to the limbs; to render motion or operation difficult or laborious. 2. To embarrass; to perplex; to obstruct....

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ENCUM'BER, v.t.

1. To load; to clog; to impede motion with a load, burden or any thing inconvenient to the limbs; to render motion or operation difficult or laborious.

2. To embarrass; to perplex; to obstruct.

3. To load with debts; as, an estate is encumbered with mortgages, or with a widow's dower.

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