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English Dictionary: incumbent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for incumbent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incumbent adj lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation" necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts" currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor" n the official who holds an office [syn: incumbent, officeholder]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incumbent \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incumbent \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[94]l.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.