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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Encumber \En*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encumbered}; p. pr & vb n. {Encumbering}.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF combrer to hinder. See {Cumber}, and cf {Incumber}.] [Written also {incumber}.] 1. To impede the motion or action of as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down to obstruct or embarrass; as his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. --Hooker. 2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn: To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: encumbered adj : loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate" [ant: {unencumbered}]
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