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disencumber

disencumber verb: to remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.

Verb

disencumber (third-person singular simple present disencumbers, present participle disencumbering, simple past and past participle disencumbered)

  1. (transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
    • Francesca was soon disencumbered of her riding-hood and cloak; and the three young people, left together, became rapidly acquainted.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 218

disencumber meaning in Tamil and Urdu

disencumber in Tamil

கழற்று

disencumber in Urdu

رکاوٹ دور کرنا, سر کا بوجھ اتارنا

Forms of disencumber

third-person singular presentdisencumbers
present participledisencumbering
past participledisencumbered
pastdisencumbered

Origin of disencumber

From dis- + encumber.

Questions about disencumber

What does disencumber mean?
Disencumber means to remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
What is disencumber in Tamil?
Disencumber in Tamil is கழற்று. See Disencumber meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disencumber?
Disencumber is a verb.
What is the past tense of disencumber?
The past tense of disencumber is disencumbered.

Words near disencumber in the dictionary

  1. disencloses
  2. disenclosing
  3. disencourage
  4. disencouragement
  5. disencouragements
  6. disencumber
  7. disencumbered
  8. disencumbering
  9. disencumberment
  10. disencumberments
  11. disencumbers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disencumber (page history and authors); disencumber (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disencumber (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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