Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byrðen,; akin to Icel. byrði, Dan. byrde, Sw. börda, G. bürde, OHG. burdi, Goth. baúrþei, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. beran, Goth. bairan,. √92. See 1st Bear
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
See Bourdon.
In literature:
The latter are never used to carry burdens, but only kept for breeding.
"Popular Adventure Tales" by Mayne Reid
There was a final legacy from the computer's creators, one they had left to ease the burden he had assumed at their call.
"Fearful Symmetry" by Ann Wilson
She was very stern in her dealings with herself, though tender to the erring, and anxious to bear the burdens of the weak.
"Emily Brontë" by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
He still dragged his leaden burden.
"The Woman from Outside" by Hulbert Footner
She toiled on in front of him now, her figure braced to its burden.
"A Beautiful Alien" by Julia Magruder
A small strong-built Dutch vessel with two masts, used in the herring and mackerel fisheries, being generally of 50 to 70 tons burden.
"The Sailor's Word-Book" by William Henry Smyth
When should I have first learnt to feel that I was a burden to any one?
"The Bertrams" by Anthony Trollope
There were plodding lines of people, disciplined, carrying burdens, no bigger than ants at this distance.
"Valley of the Croen" by Lee Tarbell
At the next moment there was the sound from without of burdened footsteps.
"A Son of Hagar" by Sir Hall Caine
Feeling the burden too great for him, his one resource was to cast his burden on the Lord.
"George Muller of Bristol" by Arthur T. Pierson
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In poetry:
I shall go lighter,
But heavier too
For seeing the burden
That falls upon you.
"Mary's Burden" by Eleanor Farjeon
The weight of the world
is love.
Under the burden
of solitude,
under the burden
of dissatisfaction
"Song" by Allen Ginsberg
Is it sudden terror
Burdens my heart? My hand
Flies to my head. I listen…
And do not understand.
"The Approach" by Robert Nichols
Bury this treachery as deep
As mercy is enrooted.
My days ill-fruited
Shake till the shrivelled burden fall.
"O Hide Me In Thy Love" by John Freeman
"Ye change to weary burdens
The helps that should uplift;
Ye lose in form the spirit,
The Giver in the gift.
"The Vision Of Echard" by John Greenleaf Whittier
Eastward swing the silent clouds
Into the night.
Burdens of day they seem--in crowds
Hurled from earth's sight.
"Storm-Ebb" by Cale Young Rice
In news:
Officials say it is unfair to transfer tax burden to village property owners.
As Californians mull higher income and sales taxes, research shows states with heavy tax burdens, especially California, have seen more residents leave for lower-tax locales.
He said remote hearings can lead to quicker hearings for defendants and ease the travel burden on witnesses and county sheriffs.
Why would anyone actually seek out and want the crushing responsibilities, burdens and non-stop complexities of the job of President of the United States .
The routine of self-management—the routine necessitated by the multiple daily diabetes tasks—has the potential to become a mind-numbing burden that triggers some new dread in me each time I perform an aspect of it.
It's rare for a rifle to be shot at an art event, Chris Burden notwithstanding.
Population-based screening and early treatment for type 2 diabetes could reduce this growing burden.
The Senate Agriculture Committee has passed H.R 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011, with a strong bipartisan vote.
Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008 - were, at times, a heavy burden.
Among physicians who are reluctant to participate in UPMC's PHR system, Martich says the most common reason was that they feared the direct connection to the patient would be a time burden.
The new compliance burdens contained in the CFPB's rule on remittances will result in fewer and costlier options for international transfer services.
You could easily outlive your savings if you don't consider your tax burden in retirement.
Archbishop Williams has carried the burdens of conflict, and has shown a huge and sometimes costly commitment to unity.
The proposal is part of the Obama administration's strategy to reduce regulatory burdens on doctors and hospitals.
When the skies opened and dumped $185 million on an obscure Chicago poetry journal in 2002, it was as much a burden as a gift.
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In science:
This implies Lemma 15, as the finite play v for every v ∈ Wi is an F1−i ↾ V -burden.
Playing Muller Games in a Hurry
Our approach does not seem to be suitable for this, as the notion of a burden is not sufficient for this goal.
Playing Muller Games in a Hurry
However, charging an access fee requires a secure and reliable method to process payments, which creates burden on both sides of users and service providers.
Designing Incentive Schemes Based on Intervention: The Case of Imperfect Monitoring
Repeated interaction can encourage cooperative behavior by adjusting future payoffs depending on current behavior. A repeated game strategy can form a basis of an incentive scheme in which monitoring and punishment burden is decentralized to users (see, for example, ).
Designing Incentive Schemes Based on Intervention: The Case of Imperfect Monitoring
It avoids the burden of carrying around several i0’s in the above derivations.
Review of AdS/CFT Integrability, Chapter III.3: The dressing factor
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