Словарь синонимов английского языка - encumber

(v) 1. burden, weigh down, load (up or down), overload, overburden, strain, oppress, saddle, tax, overtax: Encumbered with intolerable daxes, the people revolted. She almost drowned because she was encumbered with her numerous petticoats. 2. hamper, impede, hinder, handicap, inconvenience, trammel, retard, slow down: Though encumbered by an invalid husband, she managed to qualify as a barrister.