Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOAD, v.t. [pret. and pp. loaded; loaden formerly used, is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade. Load, from the noun, is a regular verb.]

1. To lay on a burden; to put on or in something to be carried, or as much as can be carried; as, to load a camel or a horse; to load a cart or wagon. To load a gun, is to charge, or put in a sufficient quantity of powder, or powder and ball or shot.
2. To encumber; to lay on or put in that which is borne with pain or difficulty; in n literal sense, as to load the stomach with meat; or in a figurative sense, as to load the mind or memory.
3. To make heavy by something added or appended. Thy dreadful vow; loaden with death. – Addison. So in a literal sense, to load a whip.
4. To bestow or confer on in great abundance; as, to load one with honors; to load with reproaches.