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UNBURDEN

\ʌnbˈɜːdən], \ʌnbˈɜːdən], \ʌ_n_b_ˈɜː_d_ə_n]\

Definitions of UNBURDEN

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged 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

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take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
free or relieve (someone) of a burden

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
free or relieve (someone) of a burden

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To throw off, as a burden; to unload.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To throw off, as a burden; to unload.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To free from a burden; relieve.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To remove as a burden; free from a burden; relieve, as the mind or heart.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

See Unburthen.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To ease; to throw off; to relieve the mind or heart by revealing what lies heavy on it.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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