incumber

American  

[in-kuhm-ber] / ɪnˈkʌm bər /

verb (used with object)

1. a less common variant of encumber.

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incumber British  

/ ɪnˈkʌmbə /

verb

1. a less common spelling of encumber

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Other Word Forms

• incumberingly adverb
• incumbrance noun
• unincumbered adjective

Example Sentences

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 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

Avowals absolutely useless in themselves, and which always incumber a passion with several nebulous days.

From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by Overton, William Hassell

He knew that a war party setting out to steal ponies would never incumber themselves in that manner.

From White Otter by Gregor, Elmer Russell

Even buildings run up in haste with untempered mortar in that humid weather, if they are ill-contrived tenements, do not threaten long to incumber the earth.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Though these were of a weight sufficient greatly to incumber, if not to sink, an ordinary swimmer, so expert were, they in the water that they appeared in no way to be inconvenienced.

From The African Trader The Adventures of Harry Bayford by Kingston, William Henry Giles