— incumbently , adv.
/in kum"beuhnt/ , adj.
1. holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
2. obligatory (often fol. by on or upon ): a duty incumbent upon me.
3. Archaic. resting, lying, leaning, or pressing on something: incumbent upon the cool grass.
n.
4. the holder of an office: The incumbent was challenged by a fusion candidate.
5. Brit. a person who holds an ecclesiastical benefice.
[ 1375-1425; late ME (n.) incumbent- (s. of incumbens prp. of incumbere to lie or lean upon, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + cumb- (nasalized var. of cub- sit, lie; see INCUBUS) + -ent- -ENT ]