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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Onerate :: Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
Burdener :: Burdener (n.) One who loads; an oppressor.
Cumbrous :: Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.
Midst :: Midst (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs..
Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
Thrack :: Thrack (v. t.) To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property..
Burdened :: Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burde.
Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon..
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions..
Last :: Last (n.) The burden of a ship; a cargo.
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Free :: Free (superl.) Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of..
Tax :: Tax (n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..
Saddle :: Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways..
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