incumber
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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
The girl springs up, ready to accept the chance a kind fate has thrown in her way, and with a startled, curious glance at the piles of slain that incumber the cavern, follows her friends.
From Miss Caprice by St. George Rathborne
The author has not deemed it necessary to incumber his pages with notes to substantiate his statements.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
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
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
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