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unburthen

unburthen is the obsolete spelling of unburden.

Meaning of unburden

Verb

unburden (third-person singular simple present unburdens, present participle unburdening, simple past and past participle unburdened)

  1. (transitive) To free from burden, or relieve from trouble.
    Synonyms:
    empty

Forms of unburthen

third-person singular presentunburthens
present participleunburthening
past participleunburthened
pastunburthened

Origin of unburthen

From un- + burthen.

Questions about unburthen

What is unburthen the obsolete spelling of?
Unburthen is the obsolete spelling of unburden.

Words near unburthen in the dictionary

  1. unburrowed
  2. unburrowing
  3. unburrows
  4. unburst
  5. unburstable
  6. unburthen
  7. unburthened
  8. unburthening
  9. unburthens
  10. unburthensome
  11. unbury

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unburthen (page history and authors); unburden (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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