Hăm'per1, n.
n. [Contracted from hanaper, q. v.] A large basket for conveying things to market, &c.
3 entries under this word
Hamper
Hăm'per2, n.
n. [Cf. Icel. hanpr, hemp, hanp-strengr, Sw. hamprep, a hempen rope.] An instrument that shackles; a fetter. W. Browne.
Hăm'per3, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. HAMPERED; p. pr. & vb. n. HAMPERING.] [See the noun.]
Sense 1. To put in a hamper.
Sense 2. To put a hamper or fetter on: to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress: to embarrass; to encumber. “A lion hampered in a net.” L’Estrange.
They hamper and entangle our souls, and hinder their flight upward. Tillotson.
Sense 3. To tangle; to render complicated. “Hampered nerves.” Blackmore.