encumberedadj.
/ɛnˈkʌmbəd/ In the senses of the verb: Hampered, burdened, etc. Of an estate: Charged with a mortgage.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > encumbered
pestered1567
cloyed1599
hampered1633
encumbered1785
landed1866
society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] > encumbered or with dues undischarged
in mortgagea1393
entangled1561
mortgageda1627
dipped1676
encumbered1847
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 498 Society grown weary of the load, Shakes her incumber'd lap, and casts them out.
1847 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 95 986 The encumbered condition of landed property in Ireland.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ii. 9 Those who travelled in more dignified and encumbered style.
1884 Mackeson & Smith ed. Coote's Law of Mortg. 473 The Incumbered Estates Court [West Indies].
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adj.1785