Overburthen

noun, verb

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Noun

1
Archaic form of overburden. alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
"The over burthen of these expenses falls upon the sale of the commodity, and lessens the consumption."

Verb

1
Archaic form of overburden. alt-of, archaic
"In short the last man in the world, one would think, to be overburthened with thoughts, especially those perilous thoughts that must needs belong to a conspirator in any serious project, or even to the underling of such a conspirator."

Synonyms

overload forwork abuse attle bear hard upon burden

Example

"The over burthen of these expenses falls upon the sale of the commodity, and lessens the consumption."

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