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encumber
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[ɛnˈkʌmbə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult
(e.g: she was encumbered by her heavy skirts)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, entangle’; formerly also as incumber): from Old French encombrer ‘block up’, from en- ‘in’ + combre ‘river barrage’
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