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uncumber en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + cumber.

Meanings

1. (rare) To disencumber.
   • It is our regard for the body that uncumbers us. 1987, Christin Lore Weber, Womanchrist: A New Vision of Feminist Spirituality, page 35:
   • "But we call her Saint Uncumber," Mrs. Nicholson explained, "because, if you've got a bad husband, she uncumbers you." 1966, Alison Macleod, The heretic: a novel, page 158:
   • The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them. 1980, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, The Food and Drug Administration's Process for Approving New Drugs, page 64:
   • ... St. Wilgeforte (famous for praying for a beard to protect her virtue, and getting one as long as the Persian king's) obtained the name of St. Uncumber in England because, for a peck of oats, she would uncumber any woman who was tired of her husband;... 1856, Robert Southey, John Wood Warter, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, page 44:

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