Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disburden"

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

Disburden \Dis*bur"den\, v. t. [See {Burden}, v. t.] [Cf.
{Disburthen}.]
To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from
something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

He did it to disburden a conscience. --Feltham.

My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being
thus disburdened. --Hammond.

Syn: To unload; unburden; discharge; free.

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

Disburden \Dis*bur"den\, v. i.
To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.
--Milton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disburden
v : take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the
donkey" [syn: {unburden}] [ant: {burden}]


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