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Disencumber


DISENCUMBER, verb transitive [dis and encumber.]

1. To free from encumbrance; to deliver from clogs and impediments; to disburden; as, to disencumber troops of their baggage; to disencumber the soul of its body of clay; to disencumber the mind of its cares and griefs.

2. To free from any obstruction; to free from any thing heavy or unnecessary; as a disencumbered building.