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English
Etymology
dis- + encumber
Verb
disencumber (third-person singular simple present disencumbers, present participle disencumbering, simple past and past participle disencumbered)
- (transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 218:Francesca was soon disencumbered of her riding-hood and cloak; and the three young people, left together, became rapidly acquainted.
Translations
To remove an encumbrance from