Definition of burden

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Burden (v. t.) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable)..

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Atlas :: Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.
Tax :: Tax (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child..
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
Unburthen :: Unburthen (v. t.) To unburden; to unload.
Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
Important :: Important (v. t.) Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Wase :: Wase (n.) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head..
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..
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..
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service..
Carriage :: Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage..
Careworn :: Careworn (a.) Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face..
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To relieve from a burden.
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..
Chargeous :: Chargeous (a.) Burdensome.
Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like..
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