INCUMBENT


Meaning of INCUMBENT in English

adj lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

2. incumbent ·noun a person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.

3. incumbent ·adj lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.

4. incumbent ·adj bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.

5. incumbent ·adj 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.

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