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overencumbering

overencumbering is the present participle and gerund of overencumber.

Meaning of overencumber

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

Questions about overencumbering

What is overencumbering the present participle and gerund of?
Overencumbering is the present participle and gerund of overencumber.

Words near overencumbering in the dictionary

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

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