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encumbered, ppl. a.|ɛnˈkʌmbəd|
[f. encumber v. + -ed1.]
In the senses of the verb: Hampered, burdened, etc. Of an estate: Charged with a mortgage.
1784Cowper Task iv. 498 Society grown weary of the load, Shakes her incumber'd lap, and casts them out. 1847Bright Sp. Irel. 13 Dec., The encumbered condition of landed property in Ireland. 1859Jephson Brittany ii. 9 Those who travelled in more dignified and encumbered style. 1884Mackeson & Smith ed. Coote's Law of Mortg. 473 The Incumbered Estates Court [West Indies]. |