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unencumber

unencumber verb: to free from incumbrance.

Verb

unencumber (third-person singular simple present unencumbers, present participle unencumbering, simple past and past participle unencumbered)

  1. (transitive) To free from incumbrance.
  2. (transitive) To remove a burden, load or charge from.

Forms of unencumber

third-person singular presentunencumbers
present participleunencumbering
past participleunencumbered
pastunencumbered

Origin of unencumber

From un- + encumber.

Words formed from unencumber

Questions about unencumber

What does unencumber mean?
Unencumber means to free from incumbrance.
What part of speech is unencumber?
Unencumber is a verb.
What is the past tense of unencumber?
The past tense of unencumber is unencumbered.

Words near unencumber in the dictionary

  1. unencrypted
  2. unencrypting
  3. unencryption
  4. unencrypts
  5. unenculturated
  6. unencumber
  7. unencumberable
  8. unencumbered
  9. unencumberedly
  10. unencumberedness
  11. unencumbering

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