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BURD'EN, n. burd'n; written also burthen. [L. fero,or porto.]

1. That which is borne or carried; a load. Hence,

2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome or oppressive.

3. A birth.

4. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each verse; the chorus; so called from the application of this word to the drone or base, and the pipe or string which plays it, in an instrument. A chord which is to be divided, to perform the intervals of music,when open and undivided, is also called the burden.

5. In common language, that which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells.

6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.

7. The contents of a ship; the quantity or number of tons, a vessel will carry; as a ship of a hundred tons burden.

8. A club. [Not in use.]

BURD'EN, v.t. burd'n. To load; to lay on a heavy load; to incumber with weight. Hence,

1. To oppress with any thing grievous; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

2. To surcharge; as, to burden the memory.



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BURD'EN, n. burd'n; written also burthen. [L. fero,or porto.]

1. That which is borne or carried; a load. Hence,

2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome or oppressive.

3. A birth.

4. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each verse; the chorus; so called from the application of this word to the drone or base, and the pipe or string which plays it, in an instrument. A chord which is to be divided, to perform the intervals of music,when open and undivided, is also called the burden.

5. In common language, that which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells.

6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.

7. The contents of a ship; the quantity or number of tons, a vessel will carry; as a ship of a hundred tons burden.

8. A club. [Not in use.]

BURD'EN, v.t. burd'n. To load; to lay on a heavy load; to incumber with weight. Hence,

1. To oppress with any thing grievous; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

2. To surcharge; as, to burden the memory.

BURD'EN, n. [burd'n.; written also burthen. Sax. byrden, byrthen; Sw. börda; Dan. byrde; G. bürde; Ir. beart or beirt; Gr. φορτος; Fr. fardeau; Arm. fard; from bear; L. fero or porto; Pers. بُرْدَنْ burdan, to carry. See Bear.]

  1. That which is borne or carried; a load. Hence,
  2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome or oppressive. – Milton.
  3. A birth. – Shak.
  4. [Fr. bourdon, a drone.] The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each verse; the chorus; so called from the application of this word to the drone or base, and the pipe or string which plays it, in an instrument. A chord which is to be divided, to perform the intervals of music, when open and undivided, is also called the burden. – Encyc.
  5. In common language, that which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells.
  6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
  7. The contents of a ship; the quantity or number of tuns a vessel will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tuns burden.
  8. A club. [Not in use.] – Spenser.

BURD'EN, v.t. [burd'n.]

  1. To load; to lay on a heavy load; to incumber with weight. Hence,
  2. To oppress with any thing grievous; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
  3. To surcharge; as, to burden the memory.

Bur"den
  1. That which is borne or carried; a load.

    Plants with goodly burden bowing.
    Shak.

  2. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

    I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
    2 Cor. viii. 13.

  3. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.

    I would sing my song without a burden.
    Shak.

  4. A club.

    [Obs.] Spenser.
  5. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

    Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone,
    To all my friends a burden grown.
    Swift.

  6. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

    My burdened heart would break.
    Shak.

  7. The drone of a bagpipe.

    Ruddiman.
  8. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
  9. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

    [R.]

    It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
    Coleridge.

    Syn. -- To load; encumber; overload; oppress.

  10. The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
  11. The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

    Raymond.
  12. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
  13. A birth.

    [Obs. *** R.] Shak.

    Beast of burden, an animal employed in carrying burdens. -- Burden of proof [L. onus probandi] (Law), the duty of proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure in the performance of which duty calls for judgment against the party on whom the duty is imposed.

    Syn. -- Burden, Load. A burden is, in the literal sense, a weight to be borne] a load is something laid upon us to be carried. Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a difference between the two words. Our burdens may be of such a nature that we feel bound to bear them cheerfully or without complaint. They may arise from the nature of our situation; they may be allotments of Providence; they may be the consequences of our errors. What is upon us, as a load, we commonly carry with greater reluctance or sense of oppression. Men often find the charge of their own families to be a burden; but if to this be added a load of care for others, the pressure is usually serve and irksome.

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Burden

BURD'EN, noun burd'n; written also burthen. [Latin fero, or porto.]

1. That which is borne or carried; a load. Hence,

2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome or oppressive.

3. A birth.

4. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each verse; the chorus; so called from the application of this word to the drone or base, and the pipe or string which plays it, in an instrument. A chord which is to be divided, to perform the intervals of music, when open and undivided, is also called the burden

5. In common language, that which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells.

6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.

7. The contents of a ship; the quantity or number of tons, a vessel will carry; as a ship of a hundred tons burden

8. A club. [Not in use.]

BURD'EN, verb transitive burd'n. To load; to lay on a heavy load; to incumber with weight. Hence,

1. To oppress with any thing grievous; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

2. To surcharge; as, to burden the memory.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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You wrenched your foot against a stone.

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