Disburden
//dɪsˈbɜː(ɹ)dən// verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload. transitive
"to disburden a pack animal"
- 2 take the burden off; remove the burden from wordnet
- 3 To free from a source of mental trouble. transitive
"My meditations […] will, I hope, be more […] calm, being thus disburdened."
Example
More examples"The desert Pelican had built her nest / In that deep solitude. / And now returned from distant flight / Fraught with the river stream, / Her load of water had disburthened there. / Her young in the refreshing bath / Sported all wantonness; […]"
Etymology
From dis- + burden.
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