Definition of burden

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Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..

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Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden..
Troublesome :: Troublesome (a.) Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
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..
Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons 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..
Heavily :: Heavily (adv.) As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully..
Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
Exoneration :: Exoneration (n.) The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.
Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon..
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
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..
Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) A pack; a burden.
Burden :: Burden (n.) A birth.
Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.
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