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encumber

verb
/ɪnˈkʌmbə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English encombren, from Old French encombrer, from en- + combrer (“to hinder”); see cumber. By surface analysis, en- + cumber.

  1. derived from encombrer
  2. inherited from encombren

Definitions

  1. To load down something with a burden.

  2. To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.

    • He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.

  3. To burden with a legal claim or other obligation.

The neighborhood

Derived

encumberer, encumberment, encumbrance, encumbrous, overencumber, unencumberable

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA