Word
Incumbent
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-cum-bent
Definition
- a. - Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed;
superincumbent.
- a. - Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation;
obligatory; always with on or upon.
- 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.
- a. - Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on,
something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
- n. - A person who is in present possession of a benefice or
of any office.
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