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burden
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English burden, birden, burthen, birthen, byrthen, from Old English byrden, byrþen, from Proto-West Germanic *burþini, from *burþ?, from Proto-Germanic *burþ??, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to carry, bear”).
Alternative forms
- burthen (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??dn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?dn/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?n
Noun
burden (plural burdens)
- A heavy load.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- A responsibility, onus.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
- Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.
- c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- a ship of a hundred tons burden
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- (obsolete, rare) A birth.
- […] that bore thee at a burden two fair sons.
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
burden (third-person singular simple present burdens, present participle burdening, simple past and past participle burdened)
- (transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
- (transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
Derived terms
- burden basket
- burdensome
- beast of burden
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French bordon. See bourdon.
Noun
burden (plural burdens)
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Philosophy of Composition
- As commonly used, the refrain, or burden, not only is limited to lyric verse, but depends for its impression upon the force of monotone - both in sound and thought.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ruddiman to this entry?)
- Theme, core idea.
References
Anagrams
- bunder, burned, unbred
Middle English
Etymology 1
From bord +? -en (“adjectival ending”)
Adjective
burden
- Alternative form of borden
Etymology 2
From burde +? -en (“plural ending”)
Noun
burden
- plural of burde
West Frisian
Noun
burden
- plural of burd
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ramification
English
Etymology
From Middle French ramification, or its source, Latin ramific?.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æm?f??ke???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /??æm?f??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
ramification (countable and uncountable, plural ramifications)
- (botany, anatomy) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
- 1829, Lincoln Phelps, Familiar Lectures on Botany, p. 179:
- The character of trees may be studied to advantage […] in winter, when the forms of the ramification can be seen in the naked boughs […]
- 1856, Neil Arnott & Isaac Hayes, Elements of Physics, pp. 414-5:
- From the left chamber or ventricle of the strong muscular mass, the heart, a large tube arises, called the aorta; and by a continued division or ramification, opens a way for the bright scarlet blood to the very minutest part of the living frame […]
- 1829, Lincoln Phelps, Familiar Lectures on Botany, p. 179:
- An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
- 1834, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
- The treachery of some of the Jacobite agents (Rashleigh among the rest), and the arrest of others, had made George the First's Government acquainted with the extensive ramifications of a conspiracy long prepared, and which at last exploded prematurely […]
- 2009, The Guardian, Chris Power, Booksblog, 14 Jul 09:
- But most often and memorably his work falls into that territory best summed up as speculative fiction, with a particular emphasis on dystopian futures and the existential ramifications of space exploration.
- 1834, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
- (mathematics) An arrangement of branches.
Related terms
- ramify
Translations
Further reading
- ramification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ramification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
ramifier +? -ification
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.mi.fi.ka.sj??/
Noun
ramification f (plural ramifications)
- a (criminal) network, offshoots of an (often clandestine) organization
- ramification, implication
- (botany, anatomy) ramification
Further reading
- “ramification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
ramification f (plural ramifications)
- division into branches
- 1570, Jean Canappe, Tables anatomiques du corps humain universel: soit de l'homme, ou de la femme page 24
- De laquelle nous donnerons la divarication, cestadire ramification, ou division en ses rameaux, quand nous traicterons du foye.
- From which [from the vein] we get separating out, that is to say ramification, or division into several branches, when we are talking about the liver.
- De laquelle nous donnerons la divarication, cestadire ramification, ou division en ses rameaux, quand nous traicterons du foye.
- 1570, Jean Canappe, Tables anatomiques du corps humain universel: soit de l'homme, ou de la femme page 24
Descendants
- ? English: ramification
- French: ramification
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