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Incumbent - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Incumbent : adj
1: lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological
formation"
2: currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor"
(noun)
1: the official who holds an office [syn: officeholder]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Incumbent : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Incumbent : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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INCUMBENT, eccles. law. A clerk resident on his benefice with cure; he is so
called because he does, or ought to, bend the whole of his studies to his
duties. In common parlance, it signifies one who is in the possession of an
office, as, the present incumbent.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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