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incumbrance

noun
/ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/

Etymology

Variant of encumbrance.

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”).

    • I was then lying at length upon that very couch, the scene of Mr. H . . .'s polite joys, in an undress which was with all the art of negligence flowing loose, and in a most tempting disorder: no stay, no hoop . . . no incumbrance whatever.

  2. An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or…

    An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

  3. One who is dependent on another.

    • a widow without incumbrances (i.e. without children)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at incumbrance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at incumbrance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at incumbrance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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