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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.
[dis and encumber.]
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.

Definition 2024


disencumber

disencumber

English

Verb

disencumber (third-person singular simple present disencumbers, present participle disencumbering, simple past and past participle disencumbered)

  1. (transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something).

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