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clambered

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clam⋅ber

  [klam-ber, klam-er]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
–noun
2. an act or instance of clambering.
Origin:
1325–75; ME clambren, equiv. to clamb- (akin to climb ) + -r- -er 6 + -en inf. suffix

Related forms:
clam⋅ber⋅er, noun
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clam·ber   (klām'bər, klām'ər)   
intr.v.   clam·bered, clam·ber·ing, clam·bers
To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; scramble.
n.  A difficult, awkward climb.

[Middle English clambren, probably frequentative of climben, to climb; see climb.]
clam'ber·er n.
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Word Origin & History

clamber 
c.1375, possibly frequentative of M.E. climben "to climb," or akin to O.N. klembra "to hook (oneself) on."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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