Discumber

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To disencumber. archaic, transitive

    "a single beam the chief bestrides / There, pois'd awhile, above the bounding tides / His limbs discumbers of the clinging vest"

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"a single beam the chief bestrides / There, pois'd awhile, above the bounding tides / His limbs discumbers of the clinging vest"

Etymology

From dis- + cumber: compare Old French descombrer.

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