incumber
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Even buildings run up in haste with untempered mortar in that humid weather, if they are ill-contrived tenements, do not threaten long to incumber the earth.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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 MacDonald, Everett
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'
The author has not deemed it necessary to incumber his pages with notes to substantiate his statements.
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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
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