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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

You think my shaving will cool and disencumber you?

From Romola by George Eliot

But before Daly could disencumber himself of his weapons and costume, Helen entered the hall.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever

Also he would only sell or let it with the furniture; he wished, in short, to disencumber himself of his purchase, and without loss.

From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

"I think," debated Mr. Jollyface, as he prepared to disencumber himself of his great-coat, "I think I should have wished him good-evening and passed politely, like the—ahem—Levite, on the opposite side of the way."

From The Tale of Lal A Fantasy by Raymond Paton




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