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Incumbent
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
(2):
(a.) Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
(3):
(a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.
(4):
(a.) 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.
(5):
(a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Incumbent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/incumbent.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Incumbent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/incumbent.html. 1828.
