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▪ I. disˈburdening, -ˈburthening, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] 1. A freeing from burden; discharge; unloading.
1581in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford 415 Towardes the disburdening of the ffee farme. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 61 This is not..the disburdning of a particular fancie. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. ii. 55 For the disburthening of their consciences. †2. That which is discharged; a discharge. Obs.
1686æthiopian Adv. Heliodorus 7 (Jod.) A valley, that receives the inundations and disburdenings of Nilus. ▪ II. disˈburdening, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That disburdens.
1836Thirlwall Greece II. xi. 34 Solon..met the reasonable expectations..by his disburdening ordinance. |