incumbent

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.

   “Then with expanded wings he ſtears his flight / Aloft, incumbent on the dusky Air / That felt unuſual weight, […]”

2. sıfat Of an anther: lying on the inner side of the filament; also, of a cotyledon: having its back lying against the radicle.
3. sıfat Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology), of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.

   “the incumbent toe of a bird”

4. sıfat Being the current holder of an office or a title; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), of an ecclesiastical benefice.

   “If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.”

5. sıfat Oppressive, pressuring.

   “The North muſt again have been alarmed, and agitated, by the invaſion of the Huns; and the nations vvho retreated before them, muſt have preſſed vvith incumbent vveight on the confines of Germany.”

6. sıfat Followed by on or upon: imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one's office or position.

   “Proper behaviour is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.”

7. sıfat Hanging or leaning over.

   “Hath the cleft Centre open'd vvide to Thee? / Death's inmoſt Chambers didſt Thou ever ſee? / E'er knock at his tremendous Gate, and vvade / To the black Portal thro' th' incumbent Shade?”

8. sıfat Putting much effort into an activity or some work.

   “And lovve menne ſpiritually are ſuche, as are incumbente and dooe reſt on filthy or vile and tranſitory thynges.”

9. sıfat Weighing on one's mind.

   “Ambition, and Covetouſneſſe are Paſſions alſo that are perpetually incumbent, and preſſing; vvhereas Reaſon is not perpetually preſent, to reſiſt them: and therefore vvhenſoever the hope of impunity appears, their effects proceed.”

10. isim The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.

    “He has always remained friendly to me, though before his promotion, when he was an incumbent of this diocese, we had a little controversy about the Bible Society.”

11. isim A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.

    “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.”