As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
unburden, disburden
(verb) take the burden off; remove the burden from; “unburden the donkey”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disburden (third-person singular simple present disburdens, present participle disburdening, simple past and past participle disburdened)
(transitive) To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.
(transitive) To free from a source of mental trouble.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dis*bur"den, v. t. Etym: [See Burden, v. t.] Etym: [Cf. Disburthen.]
Definition: To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham. My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. Hammond.
Syn.
– To unload; unburden; discharge; free.
Dis*bur"den, v. i.
Definition: To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.