Definition of burden

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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..

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Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..
Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;
Oppressor :: Oppressor (n.) One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill..
Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
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..
Shoulder :: Shoulder (v. t.) To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) A pack; a burden.
Equalize :: Equalize (v. t.) To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes..
Gestant :: Gestant (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.
Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority..
Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.
Thrack :: Thrack (v. t.) To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property..
Loading :: Loading (n.) A load; cargo; burden.
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).
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..
Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden..
Insupportable :: Insupportable (a.) Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain..
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