Definition for DIS-BURD'EN

DIS-BURD'EN, v.i. [dis and burden. See Burden.]

  1. To remove a burden from; to unload; to discharge. – Milton.
  2. To throw off a burden; to disencumber; to clear of any thing weighty, troublesome or cumbersome; as, to disburden one's self of grief or care; to disburden of superfluous ornaments.

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