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Word Meanings - ENCUMBER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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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.

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  • PUZZLEMENT
    The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
  • LUMBERMAN
    One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • PUZZLE
    1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
  • LUMBERING
    The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
  • EXHIBITION
    The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
  • COMFORTLESS
    Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
  • TROUBLER
    One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
  • CHARGEANT
    Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • EXHIBITIONER
    One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
  • EXPOSER
    One who exposes or discloses.
  • INVOLVEDNESS
    The state of being involved.
  • PUZZLEDOM
    The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.
  • HARASS
    To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature
  • INSTRUCTRESS
    A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
  • INFOLD
    1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold
  • COVERLET
    The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
  • ILLUMINER
    One who, or that which, illuminates.
  • MANDELATE
    A salt of mandelic acid.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • UNPERPLEX
    To free from perplexity. Donne.
  • SIDESADDLE
    A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.
  • MISCHARGE
    To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
  • PREINSTRUCT
    To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
  • OVERTROUBLED
    Excessively troubled.
  • ENCHARGE
    To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.

 

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