All 4 Uses of
encumber
in
Bleak House
- It is the most flagrant example of an abominable public vehicle that ever encumbered the face of the earth.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- Three feet of knotty-floored dark passage bring the client to Mr. Vholes's jet-black door, in an angle profoundly dark on the brightest midsummer morning and encumbered by a black bulk-head of cellarage staircase against which belated civilians generally strike their brows.†
Chpt 37-39
- I will encumber you no more.†
Chpt 55-57
- Their branches were encumbered with snow, and it silently dropped off in wet heaps while I stood at the window.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(encumber) hinder (make more difficult, or less valuable, hold back, or weigh down)