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verb
To charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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verb
To load a gun or pistol
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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verb
past participle of load
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, form-of, participle, past
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History
From load + -en (“to make like”).
From Middle English *loden, lode, variant of laden, y-lade, from Old English hladen, ġehladen (“loaded, laden”), equivalent to load + -en (past participle ending). Doublet of laden.
