Synonyms for encumber

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-kuhm-ber

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm bər

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Définition 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

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