- a variation of encumber.
incumber
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
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
He seized the girl's hand and hung on with a tenacity that bade fair to incumber her forevermore.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
He knew that a war party setting out to steal ponies would never incumber themselves in that manner.
From White Otter by Elmer Russell Gregor
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