- a variation of encumber.
incumber
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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 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 had inherited a historic title, and thousands of acres which he had scarcely seen, but which he had helped to incumber.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles
A man of literature need not incumber his memory with whole passages from the authors he wants to quote; he need only mark down the page, and the words are safe.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria
It was, therefore, unnecessary to incumber this paper, by proving that which none disputes.
From The Negro: what is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed. by Payne, Buckner H. 'Ariel'
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