ENCUMBER
\ɛnkˈʌmbə], \ɛnkˈʌmbə], \ɛ_n_k_ˈʌ_m_b_ə]\
Definitions of ENCUMBER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
By Princeton University
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To impede or hinder; retard; clog; obstruct; load with debt; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To impede motion with a load, burden, or anything inconvenient; to hamper and embarrass; to load with pecuniary burdens.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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