Burden: alternatives and connections

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to en…

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A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.

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To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

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A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bo…

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A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, a…

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See Burden.

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A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden.

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The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

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One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

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To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.

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To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

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The peel or skin.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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of Mean

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To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Alt. of Significancy

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The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

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of Think

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The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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See Burden.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

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The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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A resting place.

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A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

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A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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of Load

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A burden; an obligation.

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A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, a…

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The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

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To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

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