emburden
emburden · emburdens · emburdened · emburdening
To place a responsibility or hindrance uponTo place a responsibility or hindrance upon; to burden.
Meaning
1 sensesTo place a responsibility or hindrance upon; to burden.
Origin
From em- + burden.From em- + burden.
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Forms
emburdens, emburdening, emburdened, emburdened| Base form | emburden · to emburden |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | emburdens |
| Present participle | emburdening |
| Past simple | emburdened |
| Past participle | emburdened |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDeriveddisemburden
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.