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- Encumber - v. t. - 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.
- Encumber - v. t. - To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
- Encumbered - imp. & p. p. - of Encumber
- Encumbering - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Encumber
- Encumberment - n. - Encumbrance.
- Crowd - v. t. - To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.
- Bemire - v. t. - To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.
- Lumber - b. t. - To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
- Handicap - v. t. - To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
- Bemoil - v. t. - To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
- Encumber - v. t. - To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
- Clog - v. t. - To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
- Burden - v. t. - To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.