disembarrass

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She knows he has conceived some scheme to disembarrass her of a husband, she no longer care? for, to both become inconvenient.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

A suspicion dwelt on my mind that the Friar was not going back, and that he had merely concerted this plan with the Mexican the easier to disembarrass himself of my company.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

To disembarrass myself from my seeming rudeness as politely as possible, I bowed to his gaze, and said inquiringly: ‘I have the honor to address Mr. Mundt?’

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

Pascal, in order to disembarrass us, says very gravely, that we must judge the doctrine by miracles, and the miracles by the doctrine; that doctrine judges the miracles, and the miracles judge the doctrine.

From Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense by Knoop, Anna

Perhaps if the ships of war should proceed directly to Rhode Island, it will be best for them to disembarrass themselves of their transports, and send them into the Delaware as in the other case.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various