different between encumber vs bemoil

English

Etymology

From Middle English encombren, from Old French encombrer, from en- + combrer (“to hinder”); see cumber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?k?mb?(?)/, /?n?k?mb?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?mb?(r)

Verb

encumber (third-person singular simple present encumbers, present participle encumbering, simple past and past participle encumbered)

1. (transitive) to load down something with a burden
2. (transitive) to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment
3. (transitive) to burden with a legal claim or other obligation

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Antonyms

• disencumber, unload, unencumber

Derived terms

• encumbrance
• encumbrous

Related terms

• unencumber
• incumbrance
• cumber
• cumbersome

Translations

Further reading

• encumber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• encumber in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “encumber”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

be- +? moil, from French mouiller to wet; but compare also Old English bimolen to soil, and English mole.

Verb

bemoil (third-person singular simple present bemoils, present participle bemoiling, simple past and past participle bemoiled)

1. (obsolete) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Act IV, Scene I.

     Tell thou the tale: –but hadst thou not crossed me, thou shouldst have heard how her horse fell, and she under her horse; thou shouldst have heard, in how miry a place; how she was bemoiled; ... .

Anagrams

• -mobile, Mobile, emboil, emboli, mobile