disburden

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISBURDEN, verb transitive [dis and burden. See Burden.] 1. To remove a burden from ; to unload; to discharge. 2. To throw off a burden; to disencumber; to clear of any thing weighty, troublesome or cumbersome; as, to disburden ones self of grief or care; to disburden of superfluous ornaments. DISBURDEN, verb intransitive To ease the mind; to be relieved.
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