& p. p.
Cumbered (-b?rd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Cumbering.] [OE.
combren,
cumbren,OF.
combrer to hinder, from
LL.
cumbrus a heap, fr. L.
cumulus; cf. Skr.
&?;&?; to increase, grow strong. Cf.
Cumulate.]
To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to
be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in
attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to
embarrass; to trouble.Why asks he what avails him not in fight,
And would but cumber and retard his flight?
Dryden.
Martha was cumbered about much serving.
Luke x. 40.
Cut it down; why cumbereth it the
ground?
Luke xiii. 7.
The multiplying variety of arguments, especially
frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory.
Locke.
Cum"ber (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf.
encombre hindrance, impediment. See
Cuber,v.] Trouble; embarrassment;
distress. [Obs.] [Written also comber.]
A place of much distraction and cumber.
Sir H. Wotton.
Sage counsel in cumber.
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