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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
encumber /ɪnˈkʌmbə, ɛn-/

▶verb impede or burden.

– origin ME: from OFr. encombrer ‘block up’, from en- ‘in’ + combre ‘river barrage’.

'encumber' also found in these Oxford entries:

cumber - grieve - pester

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