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Definition of "disburden" []
- To relieve (a pack animal, for example) of a burden. (verb-transitive)
- To free of a burden or trouble: disburden one's mind. (verb-transitive)
- To unload: disburdened the goods in the shipping room. (verb-transitive)
- To unload a burden. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "disburden" in a sentence
- "And when their arms are sufficiently weighted with my yellow glories, I go down with the rifle over my arm and disburden them."
- "“In the name of God,” said Menteith, trembling with emotion, “if you know aught of the birth of this lady, do thy conscience the justice to disburden it of the secret before departing from this world!”"
- "Controul, disburden my over − charg'd Heart of Sighs and Tears."
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