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overencumber

overencumber verb: to encumber excessively.

Verb

overencumber (third-person singular simple present overencumbers, present participle overencumbering, simple past and past participle overencumbered)

  1. (transitive) To encumber excessively.
    • But so as not to overencumber the narrative, I have addressed a number of important issues of interpretation in the notes to the chapters that constitute Part I.1987, Laurence Winant Dickey, Hegel: Religion, Economics, and the Politics of Spirit, 1770-1807, page xiii
    Synonyms:
    overburden, overload

Synonyms of overencumber

Forms of overencumber

third-person singular presentoverencumbers
present participleoverencumbering
past participleoverencumbered
pastoverencumbered

Origin of overencumber

From over- + encumber.

Questions about overencumber

What does overencumber mean?
Overencumber means to encumber excessively.
What part of speech is overencumber?
Overencumber is a verb.
What is the past tense of overencumber?
The past tense of overencumber is overencumbered.

Words near overencumber in the dictionary

  1. overencourage
  2. overencouraged
  3. overencouragement
  4. overencourages
  5. overencouraging
  6. overencumber
  7. overencumbered
  8. overencumbering
  9. overencumbers
  10. overencumbrance
  11. overencumbrances

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