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disembarrass

[dis-em-bar-uhs] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈbær əs /


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

From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid

“Gorramity!” cried he, suddenly starting to his knees, and endeavouring to disembarrass himself of the weight of little William, still scrambling upon his back.

From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid

My object has been to disembarrass my force from the incubus of non-combatants.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley

Dick fussily brought forward a chair for Lucy to sit in, and offered to disembarrass her of the jacket she was wearing.

From The Explorer by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

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 Lewis Gaylord Clark




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