Definition of "cumbered" [cumbered]

• Simple past tense and past participle of cumber. (verb)
• Hampered; encumbered. (adjective)

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• "Compare Lu 10: 39, Mary; Lu 2: 37, "Anna ... a widow, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day" (1Ti 5: 5). distraction -- the same Greek as "cumbered" (Lu 10: 40, Martha)."
• "Even in her early youth, what essential aid may an affectionate daughter render to a mother, "cumbered," perhaps, and overburthened with the cares of her household."
• "I think efficiency in many ways is cumbered and inhibited by meaning."