"Incumbent" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A person who is in pres-ent possession of an office; one who is le-gally authorized to discharge the duties of an office. State v. McCoilister, 11 ohio, 50; gtate v. Blakemore, 104 Mo. 340, 15 S. W. 960.
Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed;
superincumbent.
Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on,
something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or
of any office.
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.
Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation;
obligatory; always with on or upon.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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In old English law. A certain territory of wooded ground and fruitful pas-tures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of …
Read the complete definitionIntermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
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