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Webster 1913 Edition


Disburden

Dis-bur′den

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Verb.
T.
[See
Burden
,
Verb.
T.
]
[Cf.
Disburthen
.]
To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
He did it to
disburden
a conscience.
Feltham.
Syn. – To unload; unburden; discharge; free.

Dis-bur′den

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Verb.
I.
To relieve one’s self of a burden; to ease the mind.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disburden

DISBURDEN

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Verb.
T.
[dis and burden. See Burden.]
1.
To remove a burden from ; to unload; to discharge.
2.
To throw off a burden; to disencumber; to clear of any thing weighty, troublesome or cumbersome; as, to disburden ones self of grief or care; to disburden of superfluous ornaments.

DISBURDEN

,
Verb.
I.
To ease the mind; to be relieved.

Definition 2024


disburden

disburden

English

Verb

disburden (third-person singular simple present disburdens, present participle disburdening, simple past and past participle disburdened)

  1. (transitive) To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.
    to disburden a pack animal
  2. (transitive) To free from a source of mental trouble.
    • Feltham
      He did it to disburden a conscience.
    • Hammond
      My meditations [] will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened.

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