DISBURDENS

Verb

disburdens

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburden

Source: Wiktionary


DISBURDEN

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



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