incumber

[ in-kuhm-ber ]

/ ɪnˈkʌm bər /

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verb (used with object)

a less common variant of encumber.

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OTHER WORDS FROM incumber

un·in·cum·bered, adjective

Words nearby incumber

inculpate, incult, incumbency, incumbent, incumbent on, incumber, incunable, incunabula, incur, incurable, incurious

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How to use incumber in a sentence

Whatever he did is extremely incumber'd with Ornaments which have not a due Proportion.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
He seized the girl's hand and hung on with a tenacity that bade fair to incumber her forevermore.
The Red Debt|Everett MacDonald
He knew that a war party setting out to steal ponies would never incumber themselves in that manner.
White Otter|Elmer Russell Gregor
It was, therefore, unnecessary to incumber this paper, by proving that which none disputes.
The Negro: what is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed.|Buckner H. 'Ariel' Payne

He had inherited a historic title, and thousands of acres which he had scarcely seen, but which he had helped to incumber.
Nell, of Shorne Mills|Charles Garvice

British Dictionary definitions for incumber

incumber

/ (ɪnˈkʌmbə) /

verb

a less common spelling of encumber

Derived forms of incumber

incumberingly, adverbincumbrance, noun

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