The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disencumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Disencumbering.] [Pref.
dis- + encumber: cf. F. d['e]sencombrer.]
To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs,
impedes, or obstructs; to disburden.
--Owen.
I have disencumbered myself from rhyme.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something).
WordNet
v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate, untangle, disentangle]
Usage examples of "disencumber".
The tackle belonging to the crane being hauled from outside, the mouth of the Columbiad was instantly disencumbered of its last supports.
By these means he was disencumbered of divers considerable remittances, with which his father cheerfully supplied him, on the supposition that they were spent with taste and liberality, under the direction of our adventurer.
So disencumbered, let us exert ourselves once more in promoting your departure from this island, that you may revisit your father's house, do justice to yourself and amiable sister, and take vengeance on the author of your wrongs.
To you I shall be dead ere I am actually in my grave, and you will think of me as of a friend disencumbered from the toils and crimes of existence.
If they could move it from its socket, the vapors and the lava would issue by the disencumbered opening.
We found in the course of our journey the convenience of having disencumbered ourselves, by laying aside whatever we could spare.
The mouth of the Columbiad, now completely disencumbered, was open entirely to the sky.
Removing his vest, Han began disencumbering himself of the shoulder holster.
Disencumbering himself of a barrel organ which he placed upon a chair, and retaining in his hand a small whip wherewith to awe his company of comedians, he came up to the fire to dry himself, and entered into conversation.