"belast" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more belast [comparative], most belast [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English belast, belest, bilast (“charged with an obligation, bound”), past participle of Middle English belasten, bilasten, from Old English behlæstan (“to load a ship”), equivalent to be- + last. Cognate with Dutch belasten (“to charge, load, burden, tax”), German belasten (“to burden, charge, load, strain”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|belast}} Middle English belast, {{m|enm|belest}} belest, {{m|enm|bilast|t=charged with an obligation, bound}} bilast (“charged with an obligation, bound”), {{der|en|enm|belasten}} Middle English belasten, {{m|enm|bilasten}} bilasten, {{der|en|ang|behlæstan|t=to load a ship}} Old English behlæstan (“to load a ship”), {{prefix|en|be|last}} be- + last, {{cog|nl|belasten||to charge, load, burden, tax}} Dutch belasten (“to charge, load, burden, tax”), {{cog|de|belasten||to burden, charge, load, strain}} German belasten (“to burden, charge, load, strain”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} belast (comparative more belast, superlative most belast)
  1. (obsolete) burdened, charged, bound. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-belast-en-adj-DHgOzokl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

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