- a variation of encumber.
incumber
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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The girl springs up, ready to accept the chance a kind fate has thrown in her way, and with a startled, curious glance at the piles of slain that incumber the cavern, follows her friends.
From Miss Caprice by St. George Rathborne
It is my destiny to make sacrifices; of course, if my son chooses to incumber himself with a miserable thing like that, he need not ask his mother.
From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
The author has not deemed it necessary to incumber his pages with notes to substantiate his statements.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The shops of the pastry-cooks and confectioners are filled with them, mountains of them incumber the counters, and for days before Christmas crowds of purchasers throng to buy them.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various
He would incumber his men with as few rations and as little luggage as possible, bearing in mind that the safety of his command depended on his expedition.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various
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