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disencumber

[dis-en-kuhm-ber] / ˌdɪs ɛnˈkʌm bər /


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Yang’s resignation from the boards of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan should disencumber negotiations around a potential deal for those assets, a positive for the stock.

From Forbes Jan. 18, 2012

Ere he could disencumber it I pressed forward upon the landing.

From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Stephens, Robert Neilson

The treasure that remained was more than sufficient to disencumber his estates, and to restore them to the flourishing condition of olden times.

From Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside by Higgins, Emily Mayer

He allowed Belisarius to disencumber himself of many useless consumers of food by sending the women, the children, and the slaves out of the City.

From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas

Whoever wishes to travel should first strive to disencumber himself of what is artificial, and then he will get on capitally. 

From A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)




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