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From be- + load. Compare Old English belādian (“to excuse, absolve from an obligation, let off”, literally “to unload, discharge”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: To load up; charge; burden. Full definition →
From be- + load. Compare Old English belādian (“to excuse, absolve from an obligation, let off”, literally “to unload, discharge”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.