Definition of "burthened" [burthened]

• Simple past tense and past participle of burthen. (verb)

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• "It further provided that our civil rights have no dependance on our religious opinions, any more that our opinions in physics of geometry; and it concluded that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whasoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief."
• "And the guilt-burthened Soul is no longer opprest."
• "Edgar, whom she delighted to consider as a younger Mr. Tyrold, had rather enlarged than divided them; but to return a burthen to an already burthened house, an affliction to an already afflicted parent – 'No!' she broke out, aloud, 'I cannot go home!"