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Antonyms for encumber

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-kuhm-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm bər

Definition of encumber

Origin :
  • early 14c., "burden, vex, inconvenience," from Old French encombrer "to block up, hinder, thwart," from Late Latin incombrare, from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + combrus "barricade, obstacle," probably from Latin cumulus "heap." Meaning "hinder, hamper" is attested in English from late 14c. Related: Encumbered; encumbering.
  • verb bother, burden
Example sentences :
  • She can not encumber or dispose of her separate estate without his joinder.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • You are taking the pieces of our ship along—we do not want to encumber you.
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • There are too many of the kind already to encumber our shelves and our catalogues.
  • Extract from : « The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 » by Sebastian Brandt
  • Here is an enemy in full retreat, would they encumber themselves with the colonel?
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • At first we should not encumber our pupils with accurate demonstration.
  • Extract from : « Practical Education, Volume II » by Maria Edgeworth
  • At any rate, I couldn't come to you to encumber you, to be a drag upon you.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • I thought it better not to encumber the address to working men with details.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • Therefore she must not encumber herself with many belongings.
  • Extract from : « In the Roar of the Sea » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • We may not encumber St. Paul with the things which he 'destroyed.'
  • Extract from : « Studies of Christianity » by James Martineau
  • And that he should think it wrong to encumber the property with any charges for you girls.
  • Extract from : « The Small House at Allington » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for encumber

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