About The Word Incumbent
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Incumbent
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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 \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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