encumber

[US]/ɪnˈkʌmbə(r)/
[UK]/ɪnˈkʌmbər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. hinder; obstruct; burden.

Example Sentences

to be encumbered with debts

a plantation encumbered with mortages

restrictions that encumber police work.

an estate that is encumbered with debts.

she was encumbered by her heavy skirts.

they had arrived encumbered with families.

a hiker who was encumbered with a heavy pack; a life that has always been encumbered with responsibilities.

1.To pledge, hypothecate, sell of assign and otherwise encumber items as described above.

(c) redistribute, encumber, sell, rent, lease, sublicense or otherwise transfer rights or the license information to the Software;

13 But Jacob replied: "As my lord can see, the children are frail.Besides, I am encumbered with the flocks and herds, which now have sucklings;if overdriven for a single day, the whole flock will die.

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