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dis·en·cum·ber

(dĭs′ĕn-kŭm′bər)

tr.v. dis·en·cum·bered, dis·en·cum·ber·ing, dis·en·cum·bers

To relieve of burdens or hardships.

[Obsolete French desencombrer, from Old French : des-, dis- + encombrer, to encumber; see encumber.]

dis′en·cum′ber·ment n.

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disencumber

(ˌdɪsɪnˈkʌmbə)

(tr) to free from encumbrances

ˌdisenˈcumberment n

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dis•en•cum•ber

(ˌdɪs ɛnˈkʌm bər)

v.t.

to free from a burden or other encumbrance.

[1590–1600; < Middle French]

disencumber

Past participle: disencumbered
Gerund: disencumbering

Imperative
disencumber
disencumber

Present
I disencumber
you disencumber
he/she/it disencumbers
we disencumber
you disencumber
they disencumber

Preterite
I disencumbered
you disencumbered
he/she/it disencumbered
we disencumbered
you disencumbered
they disencumbered

Present Continuous
I am disencumbering
you are disencumbering
he/she/it is disencumbering
we are disencumbering
you are disencumbering
they are disencumbering

Present Perfect
I have disencumbered
you have disencumbered
he/she/it has disencumbered
we have disencumbered
you have disencumbered
they have disencumbered

Past Continuous
I was disencumbering
you were disencumbering
he/she/it was disencumbering
we were disencumbering
you were disencumbering
they were disencumbering

Past Perfect
I had disencumbered
you had disencumbered
he/she/it had disencumbered
we had disencumbered
you had disencumbered
they had disencumbered

Future
I will disencumber
you will disencumber
he/she/it will disencumber
we will disencumber
you will disencumber
they will disencumber

Future Perfect
I will have disencumbered
you will have disencumbered
he/she/it will have disencumbered
we will have disencumbered
you will have disencumbered
they will have disencumbered

Future Continuous
I will be disencumbering
you will be disencumbering
he/she/it will be disencumbering
we will be disencumbering
you will be disencumbering
they will be disencumbering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been disencumbering
you have been disencumbering
he/she/it has been disencumbering
we have been disencumbering
you have been disencumbering
they have been disencumbering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been disencumbering
you will have been disencumbering
he/she/it will have been disencumbering
we will have been disencumbering
you will have been disencumbering
they will have been disencumbering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been disencumbering
you had been disencumbering
he/she/it had been disencumbering
we had been disencumbering
you had been disencumbering
they had been disencumbering

Conditional
I would disencumber
you would disencumber
he/she/it would disencumber
we would disencumber
you would disencumber
they would disencumber

Past Conditional
I would have disencumbered
you would have disencumbered
he/she/it would have disencumbered
we would have disencumbered
you would have disencumbered
they would have disencumbered

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Verb

disencumber - release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

disentangle, extricate, untangle

disengage, free - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

disencumber

verb

To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable:

clear, disburden, disembarrass, release, relieve, rid, shake off, throw off, unburden.

Slang: shake.

Translations

sgravare

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The mouth of the Columbiad, now completely disencumbered, was open entirely to the sky.

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Here she procured us a light, roused the fire to a cheerful blaze, and soon prepared a simple repast for our refreshment; while we disencumbered ourselves of our travelling- gear, and took a hasty survey of our new abode.

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I glanced at the other, as wondering what aspect it would present if disencumbered of the boards.

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"In my style," he says, "I have professed to imitate the divine Shakespeare, which, that I might perform more freely, I have disencumbered myself from rhyme.

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Doubtless it was a great relief to walk disencumbered; and perhaps without that relief, and the consequent sense of liberty and lightness, I could not have walked at all.

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In the mean time, the elder traveller, as if familiar with the nature of the impulses by which his children were governed, disencumbered himself of his pack and rifle, and, assisted by the man already mentioned as disposed to appeal so promptly to the rifle, he quietly proceeded to release the cattle from the gears.

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Winkle, as Sam disencumbered him of his great- coat and travelling-shawl, 'to ascertain, before I gave my consent to Sam's employment in this matter, that you are quite in earnest and serious, with respect to this young lady.'