Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disencumber"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disencumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disencumbering}.] [Pref.
dis- + encumber: cf. F. d['e]sencombrer.]
To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs,
impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. --Owen.
I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disencumber
v : release from entanglement of difficulty; "i cannot extricate
myself from this task" [syn: {extricate}, {untangle}, {disentangle}]
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