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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Burden \Bur"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burdened}; p. pr & vb n. {Burdening}.] 1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon to load. I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened. --2 Cor. viii. 13. 2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as to burden a nation with taxes. My burdened heart would break. --Shak. 3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.] It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell. --Coleridge. Syn: To load; encumber; overload; oppress. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: burdened adj 1: bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work" [ant: {unburdened}] 2: bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages" [syn: {heavy-laden}, {loaded down}]
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