Definition of "encumbers" [encumbers]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encumber. (verb)

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• ""What encumbers your ability to innovate around the needs of students is traditions and structures," said George Davison , head of school at Grace Church."
• "But I tend to make them and not listen at all to them after I make them, which probably has to do with all the hubbub of promoting it, measuring it, and so much of that encumbers the joy of being able to make music that people want to come listen to."
• "WASHINGTON -- Two years after the Supreme Court voided many of the country's bedrock campaign finance laws, much of the American public is still confused by the change -- and stupefied by the often-impenetrable jargon that frequently encumbers any discussion of the topic."