incumbent 音标拼音: [ɪnk'ʌmbənt]
a . 凭依的,依靠的,负有义务的
n . 领圣职的俸禄的牧师,在职者
凭依的,依靠的,负有义务的领圣职的俸禄的牧师,在职者
incumbent adj 1 :
lying or leaning on something else ; "
an incumbent geological formation "
2 :
necessary (
for someone )
as a duty or responsibility ;
morally binding ; "
it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts "
3 :
currently holding an office ; "
the incumbent governor "
n 1 :
the official who holds an office [
synonym : {
incumbent },
{
officeholder }]
Incumbent \
In *
cum "
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 }.]
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1 .
Lying ;
resting ;
reclining ;
recumbent ;
superimposed ;
superincumbent .
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Two incumbent figures ,
gracefully leaning upon it .
--
Sir H .
Wotton .
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To move the incumbent load they try . --
Addison .
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2 .
Lying ,
resting ,
or imposed ,
as a duty or obligation ;
obligatory ;
always with on or upon .
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All men ,
truly zealous ,
will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians . --
Sprat .
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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 .
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4 . (
Zool .)
Bent downwards so that the ends touch ,
or rest on ,
something else ;
as ,
the incumbent toe of a bird .
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Incumbent \
In *
cum "
bent \,
n .
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office .
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The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron .
--
Swift .
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89 Moby Thesaurus words for "
incumbent ":
addressee ,
artist -
in -
residence ,
beetle ,
beetle -
browed ,
beetling ,
behooving ,
benefice -
holder ,
beneficiary ,
binding ,
bridging ,
burdensome ,
chargeable to ,
commanding ,
compulsory ,
cumbersome ,
cumbrous ,
demanding ,
denizen ,
dweller ,
habitant ,
hirer ,
holdover ,
homesteader ,
house detective ,
imbricate ,
impendent ,
impending ,
incumbent on ,
inhabitant ,
inhabiter ,
inmate ,
inpatient ,
ins ,
intern ,
jack -
in -
office ,
jutting ,
lame duck ,
lapping ,
leaseholder ,
lessee ,
live -
in maid ,
locum tenens ,
lodger ,
lowering ,
lumpish ,
mandatory ,
massive ,
necessary ,
new broom ,
obligatory ,
occupant ,
occupier ,
office -
bearer ,
officeholder ,
official ,
onerous ,
oppressive ,
overarched ,
overhanging ,
overhung ,
overlapping ,
overlying ,
paying guest ,
pending ,
prescribed ,
president -
elect ,
projecting ,
public official ,
public servant ,
renter ,
required ,
residencer ,
resident ,
resident physician ,
residentiary ,
resider ,
roomer ,
shingled ,
sojourner ,
spanning ,
squatter ,
sublessee ,
subtenant ,
superincumbent ,
tenant ,
tenant at sufferance ,
tenant for life ,
underlessee ,
unwieldy
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