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Definitions for Incumbent
[1] holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
[2] obligatory (often followed by on or upon ): a duty incumbent upon me.
[3] Archaic . resting, lying, leaning, or pressing on something: incumbent upon the cool grass.
[4] the holder of an office: The incumbent was challenged by a fusion candidate.
[5] British . a person who holds an ecclesiastical benefice.
[6] formal (often postpositive and foll by on or upon and an infinitive ) morally binding or necessary; obligatory it is incumbent on me to attend
[7] (usually postpositive and foll by on ) resting or lying (on)
[8] a person who holds an office, esp a clergyman holding a benefice
Words related to Incumbent
occupant, necessary, binding, official, compelling, urgent
Words nearby Incumbent
inculpable, inculpate, incult, inculturation, incumbency, incumbent, incumbent on, incumber, incumbrance, incunable, incunabula
Origin of Incumbent
1375–1425; late Middle English (noun) < Latin incumbent- (stem of incumbēns present participle of incumbere to lie or lean upon, equivalent to in- in-2 + cumb- (nasalized variant of cub- sit, lie; see incubus) + -ent- -ent
Other words from Incumbent
in·cum·bent·ly , adverb
an·ti-in·cum·bent , adjective, noun
non·in·cum·bent , noun, adjective
Word origin for Incumbent
C16: from Latin incumbere to lie upon, devote one's attention to, from in- ² + -cumbere, related to Latin cubāre to lie down