tr.v., -bered, -ber·ing, -bers.

1. To put a heavy load on; burden: a hiker who was encumbered with a heavy pack; a life that has always been encumbered with responsibilities.
2. To hinder or impede the action or performance of: restrictions that encumber police work.
3. To burden with legal or financial obligations: an estate that is encumbered with debts.

[Middle English encombren, from Old French encombrer, to block up : en-, in; see en–¹ + combre, hindrance (from Gaulish *comboros).]

To burden a property, as with a debt or obligation.
Example: The prior owner encumbered the property by taking out a mortgage and failing to pay ad valorem taxes.

verb

1. To place a burden or heavy load on: burden¹, charge, cumber, freight, lade, load, saddle, tax, weight. See over/under.
2. To interfere with the progress of: bog (down), hinder, hold back, impede, obstruct. Idioms: get in the way of. See help/harm/harmless, open/close.

v

Definition: bother, burden
Antonyms: aid, assist, help

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To burden property by way of a charge that must be removed before ownership is free and clear.

Property subject to an encumbrance may have a lien or mortgage imposed upon it.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tynge, bebyrde, belemre, hæmme, vanskeliggøre, behæfte, spærre

Nederlands (Dutch)
belasten, belemmeren, volladen, iets met een rechtelijke vordering belasten (b.v. hypotheek)

Français (French)
v. tr. - encombrer de (qn, qch)

Deutsch (German)
v. - belasten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παρεμποδίζω, (επι)βαρύνω, (παρα)φορτώνω

Italiano (Italian)
ostacolare, intralciare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - incomodar, sobrecarregar, dificultar

Русский (Russian)
затруднять, препятствовать, загромождать, обременять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - estorbar, obstruir, sobrecargar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tynga, belasta, hindra

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
妨碍, 塞满, 拖累, 阻塞

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 妨礙, 塞滿, 拖累, 阻塞

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 방해하다, 번민하게 하다, (채무를)지우다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 邪魔する, 妨げる, 苦しめる, ふさぐ, 負わせる, 負担させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعوق, يثقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העמיס, הכביד, עיכב, מילא בקרשים‬

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