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laden

/ˈleɪdən/ adjective C1
  1. Weighed down with a load, burdened.
  2. Heavy. · His comments were laden with deeper meaning.
  3. Oppressed.
  4. In the form of an adsorbate or adduct. · Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.
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Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocée docks, and belongs to an owner of the city.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1 · C1
I believe, if she had not been laden, and I had been her master, he would have bought her.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 6 · C1
“Why, as for that, I could only know what I was told respecting the merchandise with which the vessel was laden.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 34 · C1
The Ass, being heavily laden, moved slowly out of the way.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 77 · B2

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