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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumbered} (-b?rd); p. pr & vb n. {Cumbering}.] [OE. combren cumbren,OF. combrer to hinder, from LL cumbrus a heap, fr L. cumulus; cf Skr. ?? to increase, grow strong. Cf {Cumulate}.] To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble. Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight? --Dryden. Martha was cumbered about much serving. --Luke x. 40. Cut it down why cumbereth it the ground? -- Luke xiii. 7. The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See Cuber,v.] Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also {comber}.] A place of much distraction and cumber. -- Sir H. Wotton. Sage counsel in cumber. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cumber v : hold back [syn: {restrain}, {encumber}, {constrain}]
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