overencumber

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verb

To encumber excessively.

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Meanings

verboverencumber (third-person singular simple present overencumbers, present participle overencumbering, simple past and past participle overencumbered)

present singular third person overencumbers · participle present overencumbering · participle past overencumbered · past overencumbered

  1. transitiveTo encumber excessively.

    But so as not to overencumber the narrative, I have addressed a number of important issues of interpretation in the notes to the chapters that constitute Part I.

    1987, Laurence Winant Dickey, Hegel: Religion, Economics, and the Politics of Spirit, 1770-1807, page xiii

    Synonyms: overburden, overload

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo encumber excessively.

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overburdenoverload

Origin

From over- + encumber.

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APA

overencumber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overencumber

MLA

“overencumber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overencumber. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overencumber,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overencumber.

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