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Onerous :: Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him..

Privilege :: Privilege (n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise..

Disburthen :: Disburthen (v. t.) To disburden; to relieve of a load.

Holcad :: Holcad (n.) A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece..

Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

Dray :: Dray (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill..

Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

Load :: Load (v.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load..

Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.

Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value..

Encumbrance :: Encumbrance (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance..

Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance..

Burden :: Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer..

Overlade :: Overlade (v. t.) To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.

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