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Webster 1913 Edition
Disencumber
Disˊen-cum′ber
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disencumbered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disencumbering
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ encumber
: cf. F. désencombrer
.] To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden.
Owen.
I have
disencumbered
myself from rhyme. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disencumber
DISENCUMBER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To free from encumbrance; to deliver from clogs and impediments; to disburden; as, to disencumber troops of their baggage; to disencumber the soul of its body of clay; to disencumber the mind of its cares and griefs.2.
To free from any obstruction; to free from any thing heavy or unnecessary; as a disencumbered building.