laden

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Believing that they were richly-laden, and that he could capture them, he forthwith laid a plan to effect his object.

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  1. verb A past participle of lade.
  2. adjective Weighed down with a load; heavy: "the warmish air, laden with the rains of those thousands of miles of western sea” (Hilaire Belloc).
  3. adjective Oppressed; burdened: laden with grief.

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  • The Hind was fully-laden, as she had had to be for an expedition into unknown waters, with landfalls likely to be very few and far between Martin had confirmed that there was another island beyond the tiny one he had seen. —  Magazine - Asimov's Science Fiction - 2007 - Issue 03 - March
  • His website is reference-laden, and although he doesn't seem to conduct research himself, he provides the blessed service of reviewing objectively the research of others. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • This quality slices through the reverb-laden, atmospheric background of their songs, lending an ... —  Cool Hunting
  • Lorna Towers wrote doom-laden, apocalyptic lyrics for the New Creation's aptly titled album, —  MetaFilter
  • This week's heavy rains caused the contents of the sewage-laden, abandoned mines to back up into homes whose drains go directly into them. —  News from www.pantagraph.com
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