burdenedburthenedadj.
/ˈbəːd(ə)nd//ˈbəːð(ə)nd/ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > [adjective] > imposed as a duty
burdened1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 111 Thy proud necke, beares halfe my burthened yoke. View more context for this quotation
2. Heavily loaded, encumbered, oppressed.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening > burdened
ycarked1340
bowed1382
loaden1542
ladenc1595
burdenous1614
laded1630
undisburdened1659
undischarged1671
burdened1697
lade1724
beladen1850
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 42 May thy Cows their burden'd Bags distend.
1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 413 Constrain'd to wield..the scythe along the burthen'd field.
1818 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 38 1409 The present burdened state of the country.
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