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Verb: encumber  en'kúm-bu(r) or in'kúm-bu(r)
  1. Burden or impede with obstacles, obligations, or difficulties
    "The property was encumbered by debt";
    - cumber [archaic]
     
  2. Restrict or impair movement or progress by weighing down physically
    "The soldiers were encumbered by their heavy equipment";
    - cumber [archaic]

Derived forms: encumbered, encumbers, encumbering