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BURTHEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variant of 'burden'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("burthen" is a kind of...):
burden; load; loading (weight to be borne or conveyed)
Derivation:
burthen (weight down with a load)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weight down with a load
Synonyms:
burden; burthen; weight; weight down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "burthen" is one way to...):
charge (fill or load to capacity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "burthen"):
overburden (load with excessive weight)
plumb (weight with lead)
saddle (load or burden; encumber)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Derivation:
burthen (a variant of 'burden')
