Both Uses of
encumber
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- I went on, nevertheless, with a good deal of patience, thinking that his encumber'd circumstances were partly the cause.†
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- I have since had doubts of the practicability of the latter part of this proposal, on account of the narrowness of some streets, and the difficulty of placing the draining-sleds so as not to encumber too much the passage; but I am still of opinion that the former, requiring the dust to be swept up and carry'd away before the shops are open, is very practicable in the summer, when the days are long; for, in walking thro' the Strand and Fleet-street one morning at seven o'clock, I…†
Definition:
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(encumber) hinder (make more difficult, or less valuable, hold back, or weigh down)