emburden

English

Alternative forms

• emburthen, imburden, imburthen (obsolete)

Etymology

From em- +‎ burden.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

emburden (third-person singular simple present emburdens, present participle emburdening, simple past and past participle emburdened)

1. (transitive) To place a responsibility or hindrance upon; to burden.

   Synonym: enburden

Derived terms

• disemburden

Related terms

• disemburden

Anagrams

• denumber, numbered, renumbed