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- verb Present participle of
disburden .
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Examples
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He never replied, though once he went to the extent of disburdening his mind to half a dozen reporters.
Chapter VII 2010
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During the process of disburdening them I was accustomed to explaining my side of the case, but I soon gave this over.
The Golden Poppy 2010
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Unprepared to fight on two continents under these circumstances, Napoleon conceived the masterstroke of disburdening himself, selling not only New Orleans but the entire, immense Louisiana Territory for a pittance—$15 million, or less than three cents per acre.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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Unprepared to fight on two continents under these circumstances, Napoleon conceived the masterstroke of disburdening himself, selling not only New Orleans but the entire, immense Louisiana Territory for a pittance—$15 million, or less than three cents per acre.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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Unprepared to fight on two continents under these circumstances, Napoleon conceived the masterstroke of disburdening himself, selling not only New Orleans but the entire, immense Louisiana Territory for a pittance—$15 million, or less than three cents per acre.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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We find the same disburdening procedure in the Biblical scapegoat and the self-sacrificial death of the Christian Redeemer . [emphasis added]
The Stain of Sin Hal Duncan 2006
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There was a moment during this discourse, when Halbert had well-nigh come to the resolution of disburdening his own breast, by intrusting
The Monastery 2008
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We find the same disburdening procedure in the Biblical scapegoat and the self-sacrificial death of the Christian Redeemer . [emphasis added]
Archive 2006-02-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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That this is not therefore the disburdening of a particular fancy, but the common grievance of all those who had prepared their minds and studies above the vulgar pitch to advance truth in others, and from others to entertain it, thus much may satisfy.
Areopagitica 2007
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That this is not therefore the disburdening of a particular fancy, but the common grievance of all those who had prepared their minds and studies above the vulgar pitch to advance truth in others, and from others to entertain it, thus much may satisfy.
Areopagitica 2007
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