overencumber

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ encumber.

Verb

overencumber (third-person singular simple present overencumbers, present participle overencumbering, simple past and past participle overencumbered)

  1. (transitive) To encumber excessively.
    Synonyms: overburden, overload
    • 1987, Laurence Winant Dickey, Hegel: Religion, Economics, and the Politics of Spirit, 1770-1807, page xiii:
      But so as not to overencumber the narrative, I have addressed a number of important issues of interpretation in the notes to the chapters that constitute Part I.
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