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encumbered Definition


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encumber
verb encumbered, encumbering
    1. To prevent the free and easy movement of someone or something; to hamper or impede.
      Thesaurus: handicap, hamper, burden, saddle, obstruct, overload, retard, weigh down.
    2. To burden someone or something with a load or debt.
Etymology: 14c: from French encombrer to block.



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