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verb (v)

• hold back(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  constrain, cumber, restrain
  

  source: wordnet30
• To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.(verb)

  source: webster1913