Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To load; burden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To load; to burden.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
load ; toburden .
Etymologies
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Latin oneratus, p.p. of onerare.
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Examples
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Et dixit Pharao ad Joseph, Die fratribus tuis, Hoc facite, onerate jumenta vestra, et ite, ingredimini terram Chenaan.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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lusi decenter cum meis lusoribus laudante populo maximis clamoribus thermis Traiani, thermis Agrippae et Titi, multum et Neronis, si tamen mihi creditis, 5 ego sum. ouantes conuenite pilicrepi statuamque amici floribus, uiolis rosis folioque multo adque unguento marcido onerate amantes et merum profundite nigrum Falernum aut Setinum aut uel Caecubum10 uiuo ac uolenti de apotheca dominica,
Epitaph of Ursus Anonymous 1912
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