uncumber

English

Etymology

un- +‎ cumber

Verb

uncumber (third-person singular simple present uncumbers, present participle uncumbering, simple past and past participle uncumbered)

(rare) To disencumber.
- 1856, Robert Southey, ‎John Wood Warter, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, page 44:
  ... St. Wilgeforte (famous for praying for a beard to protect her virtue, and getting one as long as the Persian king's) obtained the name of St. Uncumber in England because, for a peck of oats, she would uncumber any woman who was tired of her husband;...
- 1966, Alison Macleod, The heretic: a novel, page 158:
  "But we call her Saint Uncumber," Mrs. Nicholson explained, "because, if you've got a bad husband, she uncumbers you."
- 1980, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, The Food and Drug Administration's Process for Approving New Drugs, page 64:
  The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them.
- 1987, Christin Lore Weber, Womanchrist: A New Vision of Feminist Spirituality, page 35:
  It is our regard for the body that uncumbers us.

单词	uncumber
释义	uncumber English Etymology un- +‎ cumber Verb uncumber (third-person singular simple present uncumbers, present participle uncumbering, simple past and past participle uncumbered) (rare) To disencumber. 1856, Robert Southey, ‎John Wood Warter, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, page 44: ... St. Wilgeforte (famous for praying for a beard to protect her virtue, and getting one as long as the Persian king's) obtained the name of St. Uncumber in England because, for a peck of oats, she would uncumber any woman who was tired of her husband;... 1966, Alison Macleod, The heretic: a novel, page 158: "But we call her Saint Uncumber," Mrs. Nicholson explained, "because, if you've got a bad husband, she uncumbers you." 1980, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, The Food and Drug Administration's Process for Approving New Drugs, page 64: The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them. 1987, Christin Lore Weber, Womanchrist: A New Vision of Feminist Spirituality, page 35: It is our regard for the body that uncumbers us.
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