disburden
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1ADJ.
animal
Definitions
verb
To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.
to disburden a pack animal
The desert Pelican had built her nest / In that deep solitude. / And now returned from distant flight / Fraught with the river stream, / Her load of water had disburthened there. / Her young in the refreshing bath / Sported all wantonness; […]
To free from a source of mental trouble.
My meditations […] will, I hope, be more […] calm, being thus disburdened.
He did it to disburden a conscience.
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3to disburden a pack animal
WiktionaryThe desert Pelican had built her nest / In that deep solitude. / And now returned from distant flight / Fraught with the river stream, / Her load of water had disburthened there. / Her young in the re
WiktionaryMy meditations […] will, I hope, be more […] calm, being thus disburdened.
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