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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saddle  \Sad"dle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Saddled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Saddling}.]  [AS.  sadelian.] 
  1.  To  put  a  saddle  upon  to  equip  (a  beast)  for  riding. 
  ``saddle  my  horse.''  --Shak. 
 
  Abraham  rose  up  early,  .  .  .  and  saddled  his  ass. 
  --Gen.  xxii. 
  3. 
 
  2.  Hence:  To  fix  as  a  charge  or  burden  upon  to  load;  to 
  encumber;  as  to  saddle  a  town  with  the  expense  of  bridges 
  and  highways. 




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