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† aˈccumbered, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 4 acombred, 5–6 accombred.
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Overwhelmed, embarrassed, entangled, encumbered.
c1300K. Alis. 8025 Acombred buth theo lymes alle. c1386Chaucer Prol. 508 (Ellesm. & Hengw.) He sette nat his benefice to hyre And leet his sheepe encombred in the myre [other MSS. acombred, acumbret, acumbrede]. 1520–41Wyatt Poet. Wks. (1861) 147 As doth th' accumbred sprite the thoughtful throes discover, Of fierce delight, of fervent love, that in our hearts we cover. 1562Sternh. & H. Ps. cxliii. 4 (1619) Within me in perplexitie Was mine accombred sprite. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 907/2 My conscience was incontinentlie accombred, vexed, and disquieted. |