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burthened

burthened is the simple past and past participle of burthen.

Meaning of burthen

Noun

burthen (plural burthens)

  1. (historical, obsolete) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
    • It was a vessel of about seventy tons burthen, and shaped something like a Chinese junk.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 160
  2. Rarely used musical tempo, meaning slow and ponderous (e.g., moving under a burden); similar to largo.
  3. A section of music with the tempo mark burthen.

Questions about burthened

What is burthened the simple past and past participle of?
Burthened is the simple past and past participle of burthen.

Words near burthened in the dictionary

  1. burtah
  2. Burtch
  3. Burtches
  4. Burtenshaw
  5. burthen
  6. burthened
  7. burthening
  8. burthens
  9. burthensome
  10. Burtholme
  11. Burtis

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