v. t. [ See Bud, v. ] (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Burden, v. t. ] [ Cf. Disburthen. ] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. Hammond.

Syn. -- To unload; unburden; discharge; free. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disbursed p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing. ] [ OF. desbourser, F. débourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See Burse, and cf. Dispurse. ] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury. [ 1913 Webster ]

The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déboursement. ] 1. The act of disbursing or paying out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disburses money. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disburthened p. pr. & vb. n. Disburthening. ] [ Cf. Disburden. ] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]