encumber meaning
EN- VerbSGencumbersPRencumberingPT, PPencumbered
- (transitive) to load down something with a burden.
- (transitive) to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
- He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.
- (transitive) to add a legal claim or other obligation.
- (transitive) to load down something with a burden.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of encumber in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs
- en encumbers
- en encumbered
- en encumberer
- en encumberers
- en encumbering
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "encumber" is a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.