Hypertext Webster Gateway: "burdened"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Burden \Bur"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burdened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Burdening}.]
1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a
heavy load upon; to load.

I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
--2 Cor. viii.
13.

2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload;
as, to burden a nation with taxes.

My burdened heart would break. --Shak.

3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a
burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.]

It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
--Coleridge.

Syn: To load; encumber; overload; oppress.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

burdened
adj 1: bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or
responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the
load of paper work" [ant: {unburdened}]
2: bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs
burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down
with packages" [syn: {heavy-laden}, {loaded down}]

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