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in⋅cum⋅ber

  [in-kuhm-ber]
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–verb (used with object)
encumber.

en⋅cum⋅ber

  [en-kuhm-ber]
–verb (used with object)
1. to impede or hinder; hamper; retard: Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action.
2. to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information.
3. to burden or weigh down: She was encumbered with a suitcase and several packages.
4. to burden with obligations, debt, etc.
Also, incumber.

Origin:
1300–50; ME encombren < AF, MF encombrer, equiv. to en- en- 1 + -combrer, v. deriv. of combre dam, weir < early ML combrus < Gaulish *comberos confluence, bringing together (cf. Quimper, in Brittany < Breton Kemper); see com-, bear 1

Related forms:
en⋅cum⋅ber⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

encumber 
c.1330, from O.Fr. encombrer "to block up," from L.L. incombrare, from in- "in" + combrus "barricade, obstacle," probably from L. cumulus "heap."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: en·cum·ber
Variant: also in·cum·ber /in-'k&m-b&r/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -bered; -ber·ing
: to burden with a claim (as a mortgage or lien) <encumbered the land with a mineral lease>

Main Entry: incumber
variant of ENCUMBER
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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