Meaning of disburthen | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of disburden.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“He told me he did not come⟳ as ordinary of the place⟳, whose business it is to extort confessions from prisoners, for private ends, or for the further detecting of other offenders; that his business was to move⟳ me to such freedom of discourse as might serve⟳ to disburthen my own⟳ mind⟳, and furnish him to administer comfort to me as far as was in his power; and assured me, that whatever I said to him should remain⟳ with him, and be as much a secret as if it was known only to God and myself; and that he desired to know⟳ nothing of me, but as above to qualify⟳ him to apply⟳ proper advice and assistance to me, and to pray to God for me.”

“The desert Pelican had built her nest / In that deep solitude. / And now returned from distant flight / Fraught with the river stream, / Her load⟳ of water had disburthened there. / Her young in the refreshing bath / Sported all wantonness; […]”

“I heard my sister's sobs, and thought, happy are women who can weep⟳, and in a passionate caress disburthen the oppression of their feelings; shame and habitual restraint hold⟳ back a man.”

“I waited now his return⟳; eager to disburthen my mind⟳, and to seek⟳ of him the solution of the enigma that perplexed me.”

“When we have⟳ new perception we shall gladly disburthen the memory of the hoarded treasures as old rubbish.”

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