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Encumbers

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cumberverb(transitive, dated) To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
restrainverb(transitive) To control or keep in check.
constrainverb(transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
graveverb(transitive, obsolete) To dig.
hangsverb(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
overloadsverb(transitive) To load excessively.
seriousImportant; weighty; not insignificant.
weighsverb(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
emasculatesverb(transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
impedesverb(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
hindersverbA surname from German.
constrictsverb(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
insulatesverbTo separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
diminishesverb(transitive) To make smaller.
inheresverb(uncommon) To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.
obscuresverb(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
rendersverb(transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
underminesverb(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
constrainsverb(transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
enervatesverb(transitive) To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.

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