Burdening

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burden \Bur"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burdened}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Burdening}.]
     1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a
        heavy load upon; to load.
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              I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
                                                    --2 Cor. viii.
                                                    13.
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     2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload;
        as, to burden a nation with taxes.
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              My burdened heart would break.        --Shak.
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     3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a
        burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.]
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              It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
                                                    --Coleridge.
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     Syn: To load; encumber; overload; oppress.
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