discumber, v.
(dɪsˈkʌmbə(r))
[f. dis- 6 + cumber v. Cf. OF. descombrer, mod.F. décombrer.]
1. trans. To relieve; to disencumber.
| 1725 Pope Odyss. v. 474 The chief..His limbs discumbers of the clinging vest. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scot. 17 Her young, Soon as discumbered of the fragile shell Run lively round their dam. 1873 Helps Anim. & M. vi. (1875) 149 Discumbering our minds of what we have crammed up for the occasion. |
¶ 2. To put away or get rid of, as an encumbrance. (But in the quot. app. a misreading.)
| .. Chaucer's Pars. T. ¶816 (ed. Tyrwhitt) The vengeance of avoutrie is awarded to the peine of helle, but if so be that it be discombered by penitence. [Early MSS. and edd. destourbed, disturberid, distorbled, destroubled.] |