disencumberv.
/dɪsɪnˈkʌmbə/ transitive. To relieve or free from encumbrances.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open by freeing of obstruction
openOE
ridlOE
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uncumberc1440
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disencumber1598
disobstruct1611
unblock1611
unchain1616
deobstruct1653
unobstruct1659
free1690
rede1693
to open up1793
the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > disencumber or disburden
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discumber?1473
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unlade?1529
dispatch1530
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dispester1600
disempester1613
relieve1671
disemburden1790
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 130 The space..behind the terraplene..shall..be made plaine and disencombered.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 700 Ere dim Night had disincumberd Heav'n. View more context for this quotation
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 147. ⁋8 Most expeditiously disencumbered from my villatick bashfulness.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ix. 390 On that superior height Who sits, is disencumbered from the press Of near obstructions. View more context for this quotation
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iv. 397 The beautiful pillars were disencumbered of the monuments which..encrusted and disfigured them.
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