Incumbent

·adj Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

II. Incumbent ·noun A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.

III. Incumbent ·adj Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.

IV. Incumbent ·adj Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.

V. Incumbent ·adj 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.