encumber

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/ɪnˈkʌmbə(ɹ)/

verb

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I am sorry to encumber you with the children.
He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.

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Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

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He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.
1906 – 1921, John Galsworthy, “Encounter”, in The Forsyte Saga, volume 1
In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.
1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760

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From Middle English encombren, from Old French encombrer, from en- + combrer (“to hinder”) (See cumber). By surface analysis, en- + cumber.