discumber en · VERB
Etymology
From dis- + cumber: compare Old French descombrer.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To disencumber.
a single beam the chief bestrides / There, pois'd awhile, above the bounding tides / His limbs discumbers of the clinging vest
1725–1726, Homer, “Book 5”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| discumbered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| discumbered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| discumbers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| discumbering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |