Both Uses
encumber
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
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- The quadroon nurse was looked upon as a huge encumbrance, only good to button up waists and panties and to brush and part hair; since it seemed to be a law of society that hair must be parted and brushed.†
Chpt 4 *encumbrance = something that hinders
- They went together, picking their way across muddy streets and sidewalks encumbered with the cheap display of small tradesmen.†
Chpt 33encumbered = hindered
Definitions:
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(1)
(encumber) hinder (make more difficult, or less valuable, hold back, or weigh down)In real estate/business/law, to encumber is to specifically burden with a legal claim, e.g., a home might be encumbered with a mortgage.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)