Definition of burden

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

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Sumption :: Sumpter (a.) Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule..
Onerate :: Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
Unburthen :: Unburthen (v. t.) To unburden; to unload.
Insupportable :: Insupportable (a.) Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain..
Onerary :: Onerary (a.) Fitted for, or carrying, a burden..
Incurrence :: Incurrence (n.) The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc..
Unlade :: Unlade (v. t.) To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge..
Burdenous :: Burdenous (a.) Burdensome.
Carriage :: Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
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..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute..
Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Not incumbered; not burdened.
Light :: Light (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.
Incubus :: Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.
Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
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