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Definition of "burthen" []

  • A burden. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "burthen" in a sentence
  • "I told her, as to her child, which she called her burthen, it should be no burthen to me; as to the rest she might do as she pleased; it might however do me this favor, that I should have no more lyings-in at the rate of £136 at a time, as I found she intended it should be now."
  • "No man has a right to say unto his Maker, 'My burthen is heavier than I can bear.'"
  • "It may be this burthen will be a man child and inherit the Kingship after me; what sayest thou of this, O Shimas?"