incumber

[ in-kuhm-ber ]

/ ɪnˈkʌm bər /

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verb (used with object)

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OTHER WORDS FROM incumber

un·in·cum·bered, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for incumber

Soon after the famine, the Incumbered Estates Act was passed, by which the creditors of incumbered landlords could force a sale.
Is Ulster Right?|Anonymous
The road was so difficult and so much incumbered that the two companions could scarcely converse.
A Romance of the West Indies|Eugne Sue
Time relations are often hopelessly confused and the narratives are greatly incumbered with mythologic details.
A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola|Victor Mindeleff and Cosmos Mindeleff
Wallow Crag, a long mile south of Keswick, is abrupt but not high, and somewhat incumbered by trees.
Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England|W. P. Haskett Smith

But the translator of a living author is incumbered with additional inconveniences.
The Piccolomini|Friedrich Schiller

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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