Burthen

Quick meaning: Burthen is a noun meaning Archaic form of burden.

Meaning

Archaic form of burden.

Example Sentences

Bidding them grope their way out and bestir, […] though the worst Burthen of heat was theirs and the dry thirst

It was with a daughter of Mr Shepherd, who had returned, after an unprosperous marriage, to her father's house, with the additional burthen of two children.

he other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels – for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola – others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.

Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened:

Word Forms

• burthens
• burthening
• burthened

Synonyms for burthen

Depending on context, synonyms include weight.

Antonyms for burthen

Common opposites include disburden, unburden.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weight, last, burdon, tronage, bourdon, fraught.

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