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disburden, -burthen, v.|dɪsˈbɜːd(ə)n, -ˈbɜːð(ə)n|
[f. dis- 7 + burden, burthen n.]
1. trans. To remove a burden from (the bearer); to relieve of a burden. lit. and fig.
1531–2Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 20. §3 The Kynges Highnes..coveting to disborden this realme of the seid great exaccions and intollerable charges of annates. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 40, I am disburthened and eased of many cares and troubles. 1681Dryden Sp. Friar iv. i, You know, she disburthened her conscience this morning to you. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) II. iii. 155 To ease and disburden the hive of its superfluous inhabitants. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. xvii, The need she felt to disburden her mind.
refl.1612Proc. Virginia 47 in Capt. Smith's Wks. (Arb.) 125 The Ship having disburdened her selfe of 70 persons..set forward. 1821A. Fisher Jrnl. 19 Gulls are not the only birds that disburden themselves of their prey when pursued. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop lii, Having now disburdened himself of his great surprise, the schoolmaster sat down.
2. trans. To get rid of (a burden); to discharge, unload.
a1586Sidney (J.), Though by my thoughts I've plunged Into my life's bondage, I yet may disburden a passion. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 31 Obliging strangers to disburthen in the City all the Merchandises which pass through it. 1713Addison Cato i. vi, Lucia, disburden all thy cares on me. 1801Southey Thalaba v. iii, A desert Pelican..Her load of water had disburthen'd there. 1828Life Planter Jamaica (ed. 2) 149 Obtaining an excuse for disburdening his wrath upon her.
b. refl. To discharge or empty itself; to fall as a river. Also fig.
1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 333 This small river..disburdeneth it selfe into the sea not farre from the citie. 1647Stapylton Juvenal 231 The port of Hostia, where Tiber disburdens it self into the Tyrrhene sea. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. I. iii. 65 A new generation of men..who could no longer disburden themselves on Normandy.
3. intr. (for refl.) To unload, to discharge its load.
1667Milton P.L. v. 319 Where Nature multiplies Her fertil growth, and by disburd'ning grows More fruitful. c1820S. Rogers Italy, St. Mark's Place 217 The prison-boat, that boat with many oars..Disburdening in the Canal Orfano, That drowning-place. |