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incumbent
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from stem incumbent-, of Medieval Latin incumb?ns (“holder of a church position”), from Latin present participle of incumb? (“I lie down upon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?k?mb?nt/
Adjective
incumbent (comparative more incumbent, superlative most incumbent)
- Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
- December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall
- all men truly Zelous , will […] endeavor to perform the first kind of good Works alwaies; those, I mean, that are incumbent on all Christians
- December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall
- Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture
- two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it
- to move the incumbent load they try
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture
- Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
- (botany, geology) Resting on something else; in botany, 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
- (zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
- Being the current holder of an office or a title.
Derived terms
- incumbency
Translations
Noun
incumbent (plural incumbents)
- The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
- 2012, The Economist, October 6, 2012 issue, The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game
- Mr Obama’s problems were partly structural. An incumbent must defend the realities and compromises of government, while a challenger is freer to promise the earth, details to follow. Mr Obama’s odd solution was to play both incumbent and challenger, jumping from a defence of his record to indignation at such ills as over-crowded classrooms and tax breaks for big oil companies.
- 2012, The Economist, October 6, 2012 issue, The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game
- (business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.
- 2012, The Economist, September 29 2012 issue, Schumpeter: Fixing the capitalist machine
- American capitalism is becoming like its European cousin: established firms with the scale and scope to deal with a growing thicket of regulations are doing well, but new companies are withering on the vine or selling themselves to incumbents.
- 2012, The Economist, September 29 2012 issue, Schumpeter: Fixing the capitalist machine
Translations
See also
- incumbent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Verb
incumbent
- third-person plural future active indicative of incumb?
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accumbent
English
Etymology
From Latin accumb? (“recline”), from ad (“to”) + cumb? (“recline”)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?k?m.b?nt/
Adjective
accumbent (comparative more accumbent, superlative most accumbent)
- Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
- (botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Related terms
- accumb
- accumbency
- accubation
- recumbent
Translations
Noun
accumbent (plural accumbents)
- One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
- 2014, Trevor R. Bryce, Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History
- Said also to be fond of playing practical jokes, he was apparently in the habit of placing his dinner guests on inflated cushions, which were contrived to deflate suddenly, sending their unsuspecting accumbents sprawling under the tables.
- 2014, Trevor R. Bryce, Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History
Latin
Verb
accumbent
- third-person plural future active indicative of accumb?
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