incumbent
1. in.cum.bent \in-'k*m-b*nt\ n [ME, fr. L incumbent-, incumbens, prp. of
incumbere to lie do]wn on, fr. in- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to L cubare
to lie - more at HIP : the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
2. incumbent aj 1a: lying or resting on something else of a geologic
stratum 1b: SUPERIMPOSED, OVERLYING 2: imposed as a duty : OBLIGATORY 3:
occupying a specified office archaic 4a: bending over : OVERHANGING obs
4b: IMPENDING 4c: bent over so as to rest on or touch an underlying
surface