= cark, v.1 2.

figurative. To burden with sin, guilt, care, sickness, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To load, burden; also, to charge or impose as a charge upon. Obsolete.

figurative. To rest or be imposed as a burden, charge, obligation, etc. upon a person; to be incumbent or obligatory upon; to press or weigh upon…

transitive. To burden, overwhelm, oppress, distress. Obsolete.

transitive. To charge, load, burden, or oppress. (literal and figurative).

To load the back; in quot. transferred.

transitive. To oppress or burden; to charge; spec. to levy a charge on.

transitive. = lade, v.

figurative. To weigh down, burden, oppress (with something immaterial); to clog, encumber.

transitive. To make heavy; to burden, weigh down; (also) to encumber, impede, retard. Obsolete.

In intransitive uses, coinciding with or resembling those of lie, v.1 4.

transitive. = onerate, v.

To burden, load oppressively; chiefly in immaterial sense. Now only (somewhat archaic) in past participle, burdened with sin, sorrow, etc.

figurative. To load, encumber, oppress, lay a burden on, tax (memory, conscience, resources, etc.).

In extended use and figurative. transitive. To load, burden, weight, weigh down. Now rare.

transitive. = load, v., in various senses.

transitive. To weigh down, burden, load.

transitive. To burden, oppress (someone).

transitive. To weigh down, overburden. Also intransitive: to sink down; = pregravitate, v.

transitive. To load, overload.