ppl. a. [f. BURDEN sb. and v. + -ED.] † a. Imposed as a burden (obs.). b. Heavily loaded, encumbered, oppressed.

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1594.  Shaks., Rich. III., IV. iv. 111. Thy proud Necke, beares halfe my burthen’d yoke.

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1697.  Dryden, Virg. Past., IX. 41. May thy Cows their burden’d Bags distend.

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1725.  Pope, Odyss., XVII. 413. Constrained to wield … the scythe along the burthened field.

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1818.  Parl. Deb., 1409. The present burdened state of the country.

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