What does disencumber mean?
Definitions for disencumber
ˌdɪs ɛnˈkʌm bərdis·en·cum·ber
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Princeton's WordNet
extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumberverb
release from entanglement of difficulty
"I cannot extricate myself from this task"
Wiktionary
disencumberverb
To remove an encumbrance (a burden).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Disencumberverb
Etymology: dis and encumber.
It will need the actual intention, the particular stress and application of the whole soul, to disencumber and set it free, to scour off its rust, and remove those hindrances which would otherwise clog and check the freedom of its operations. Thomas Sprat.
The disencumber’d soul
Flew off, and left behind the clouds and starry pole. Dryd.Dreams look like the amusements of the soul, when she is disencumbered of her machine; her sports and recreations, when she has laid her charge asleep. Spectator, №. 487.
Dim night had disencumber’d heav’n. John Milton, Par. Lost.
The church of St. Justina, designed by Palladio, is the most handsome, luminous, disencumbered building, in the inside, that I have ever seen; and is esteemed, by many artists, one of the finest works in Italy. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.
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disencumber
Disencumber refers to the act of freeing or liberating someone or something from a burden, constraint or difficulty that restricts or hinders their progress or movement. It generally means to relieve, release, or unburden.
Webster Dictionary
Disencumberverb
to free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden
Etymology: [Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. dsencombrer.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Disencumber
dis-en-kum′bėr, v.t. to free from encumbrance: to disburden.—n. Disencum′brance.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disencumber in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disencumber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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