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Incumbent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Incumbent? [n] the official who holds an office [adj] currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor" [adj] (geology) lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Incumbent: current \| officeholder \| superjacent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Incumbent: addressee \| artist-in-residence \| beetle \| beetle-browed \| beetling \| behooving \| benefice-holder \| beneficiary \| binding \| bridging \| burdensome \| chargeable to \| commanding \| compulsory \| cumbersome \| cumbrous \| demanding \| denizen \| dweller \| habitant \| hirer \| holdover \| homesteader \| house detective \| imbricate \| impendent \| impending \| incumbent on \| inhabitant \| inhabiter \| inmate \| inpatient \| ins \| intern \| jack-in-office \| jutting \| lame duck \| lapping \| leaseholder \| lessee \| live-in maid \| locum tenens \| lodger \| lowering \| lumpish \| mandatory \| massive \| necessary \| new broom \| obligatory \| occupant \| occupier \| office-bearer \| officeholder \| official \| onerous \| oppressive \| overarched \| overhanging \| overhung \| overlapping \| overlying \| paying guest \| pending \| prescribed \| president-elect \| projecting \| public official \| public servant \| renter \| required \| residencer \| resident \| resident physician \| residentiary \| resider \| roomer \| shingled \| sojourner \| spanning \| squatter \| sublessee \| subtenant \| superincumbent \| tenant \| tenant at sufferance \| tenant for life \| underlessee \| unwieldy See Also \| functionary \| office-bearer \| official Incumbent In Webster's Dictionary \Incum"bent\, a. [L. incumbens, -entis, p. pr. of incumbere to lie down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on + cumbere (in comp.); akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incubate}.] 1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent. Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it. --Sir H. Wotton. To move the incumbent load they try. --Addison. 2. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon. All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians. --Sprat. 3. (Bot.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them. --Gray. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird. \Incum"bent\, n. A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office. The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron. --Swift.

Incumbent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incumbent?

[n] the official who holds an office
[adj] currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor"
[adj] (geology) lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Incumbent: current | officeholder | superjacent

See Also | functionary | office-bearer | official

Incumbent In Webster's Dictionary

\In*cum"bent\, a. [L. incumbens, -entis, p. pr. of
incumbere to lie down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on +
cumbere (in comp.); akin to cubare to lie down. See
{Incubate}.]
1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed;
   superincumbent.

         Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it.
                                               --Sir H.
                                               Wotton.

         To move the incumbent load they try.  --Addison.

2. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation;
   obligatory; always with on or upon.

         All men, truly zealous, will perform those good
         works that are incumbent on all Christians. --Sprat.

3. (Bot.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying
   on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when
   the radicle lies against the back of one of them. --Gray.

4. (Zo["o]l.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest
   on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.


\In*cum"bent\, n.
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any
office.

      The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron.
                                               --Swift.

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