disembarrass

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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 Reid, Mayne

He did not, by any means, intend, he said, to disembarrass himself of the obligations which were imposed on him by the first article of the convention of the 15th September, 1865.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell

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

After making his descent into the ditch, Holtspur came to a halt—to disembarrass himself of the unbecoming garments that impeded the action of his arms and limbs.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

It requires the most fixed attention to the nice distinctions of such constantly-recurring 'notes and emendations,' to disembarrass the cursory reader from the notion that these are bon� fide corrections of the common text....

From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George