burthen

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

burthen
    n 1: a variant of `burden'
    v 1: weight down with a load [syn: {burden}, {burthen},
         {weight}, {weight down}] [ant: {disburden}, {unburden}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Burthen \Bur"then\, n. & v. t.
   See {Burden}. [Archaic]
   [1913 Webster]

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