noun
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The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
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A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.
adjective
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Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
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Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.
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Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
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Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
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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.
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Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
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the incumbent toe of a bird
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Being the current holder of an office or a title.
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If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.