discumberv.

Brit.

/dɪˈskʌmbə/, U.S.

/dᵻˈskəmbər/

Forms: see dis- prefix and cumber v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: dis- prefix, cumber v.

Etymology: < dis- prefix + cumber v., after Middle French descombrer, decombrer (French décombrer) to remove an encumbrance or impediment (12th cent. in Old French).

1. transitive. To relieve of a burden, impediment, or encumbrance; to disencumber. Frequently with of, from. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > disencumber or disburden

uncharge1303

ease1393

uncumberc1440

discumber?1473

exonerate1524

unlade?1529

dispatch1530

disburden1531

unburden1538

unloaden1567

free1573

disbalass1576

unload1576

disencumber1598

dispester1600

disempester1613

relieve1671

disemburden1790

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 225^v Thou by bryght and shynyng labour hast discombred vs of derkenes [Fr. nous a descombrez de tenebres] and haste gyuen vs lyght of clerenes.

1584 T. Chaloner Shorte Disc. Nitre f. 16 To vnstoppe and discombre the Liuer, from the distentions, stuffinges and chokings of the conduites thereof.

1660 S. Clarke Lives Two & Twenty Eng. Divines 142 Having thus discumbred himself of worldly cares, he took care for the places he now possessed.

1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 176/1 The Body being discumbered, the sensual Appetite may be the more freely encouraged to gratifie it self in the delights of Nature.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 474 The Chief..His limbs dis-cumbers of the clinging vest.

1763 E. B. Greene Satires of Juvenal Imitated ii. 20 They..wish, discumber'd from his earthly clay, His soul unspotted shone as pure as they.

1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 28 Jan. (1778) The surface is discumbered, and the digested dung worked thoroughly into the sod.

1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 17 Her young, Soon as discumbered of the fragile shell Run lively round their dam.

1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters vi. 149 Discumbering our minds of what we have crammed up for the occasion.

1987 Historia 36 93 They had discumbered themselves of Hermes Aerios and his keeper.

†2. transitive. To remove (a hazard or encumbrance). Obsolete. N.E.D. (1896) marks this sense as erroneous, taking quot. 1775 to be a misreading.

ΚΠ

1775 T. Tyrwhitt Ess. Lang. Chaucer in Canterbury Tales of Chaucer IV. ⁋816 The vengeance of avoutrie is awarded to the peine of helle, but if so be that it be discombered [earlier MSS and edd. destourbed, disturberid, distorbled, destroubled] by penitence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discumber
释义	discumberv. Brit. /dɪˈskʌmbə/, U.S. /dᵻˈskəmbər/ Forms: see dis- prefix and cumber v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: dis- prefix, cumber v. Etymology: < dis- prefix + cumber v., after Middle French descombrer, decombrer (French décombrer) to remove an encumbrance or impediment (12th cent. in Old French). 1. transitive. To relieve of a burden, impediment, or encumbrance; to disencumber. Frequently with of, from. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > disencumber or disburden uncharge1303 ease1393 uncumberc1440 discumber?1473 exonerate1524 unlade?1529 dispatch1530 disburden1531 unburden1538 unloaden1567 free1573 disbalass1576 unload1576 disencumber1598 dispester1600 disempester1613 relieve1671 disemburden1790 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 225^v Thou by bryght and shynyng labour hast discombred vs of derkenes [Fr. nous a descombrez de tenebres] and haste gyuen vs lyght of clerenes. 1584 T. Chaloner Shorte Disc. Nitre f. 16 To vnstoppe and discombre the Liuer, from the distentions, stuffinges and chokings of the conduites thereof. 1660 S. Clarke Lives Two & Twenty Eng. Divines 142 Having thus discumbred himself of worldly cares, he took care for the places he now possessed. 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 176/1 The Body being discumbered, the sensual Appetite may be the more freely encouraged to gratifie it self in the delights of Nature. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 474 The Chief..His limbs dis-cumbers of the clinging vest. 1763 E. B. Greene Satires of Juvenal Imitated ii. 20 They..wish, discumber'd from his earthly clay, His soul unspotted shone as pure as they. 1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 28 Jan. (1778) The surface is discumbered, and the digested dung worked thoroughly into the sod. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 17 Her young, Soon as discumbered of the fragile shell Run lively round their dam. 1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters vi. 149 Discumbering our minds of what we have crammed up for the occasion. 1987 Historia 36 93 They had discumbered themselves of Hermes Aerios and his keeper. †2. transitive. To remove (a hazard or encumbrance). Obsolete. N.E.D. (1896) marks this sense as erroneous, taking quot. 1775 to be a misreading. ΚΠ 1775 T. Tyrwhitt Ess. Lang. Chaucer in Canterbury Tales of Chaucer IV. ⁋816 The vengeance of avoutrie is awarded to the peine of helle, but if so be that it be discombered [earlier MSS and edd. destourbed, disturberid, distorbled, destroubled] by penitence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?1473
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