English-Thai Dictionary

incumbent

ADJ ซึ่ง มี หน้าที่  ซึ่ง ปฏิบัติหน้าที่  ซึ่ง มี ความรับผิดชอบ  obligatory sueng-me-na-ti

 

incumbent

N ผู้ ดำรงตำแหน่ง  office holder official phu-dam-rong-tam-nang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCUMBENT

a.[L. incumbens, incumbo; in and cumbo, to lie down. ] 1. Lying or resting on.
And when to move th'incumbent load they try.
2. Supported; buoyed up.
And fly incumbent on the dusky air.
3. Leaning on, or resting against; as incumbent stamens or anthers, in botany.
4. Lying on, as duty or obligation; imposed and emphatically urging or pressing to performance; indispensable.
All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works which are incumbent on all christians.

 

INCUMBENT

n.The person who is in present possession of a benefice, or of any office. [It is applied to civil officers as well as to ecclesiastical. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INCUMBENT

In *cum "bent, a. Etym: [L. incumbens, -entis, p. pr. of incumbere to lie down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on + cumbere (in comp. ); akin to cubare to lie down. See Incubate. ]

 

1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent. Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it. Sir H. Wotton. To move the incumbent load they try. Addison.

 

2. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon. All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians. Sprat.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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. Gray.

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.

 

INCUMBENT

INCUMBENT In *cum "bent, n.

 

Defn: A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office. The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron. Swift.

 

INCUMBENTLY

INCUMBENTLY In *cum "bent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

incumbent

in cum bent |inˈkəmbənt ɪnˈkəmbənt | ▶adjective 1 [ predic. ] (incumbent on /upon ) necessary for (someone ) as a duty or responsibility: it is incumbent on all decent people to concentrate on destroying this evil. 2 [ attrib. ] (of an official or regime ) currently holding office: the incumbent president had been defeated. ▶noun the holder of an office or post. • Christian Church the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): from Anglo-Latin incumbens, incumbent-, from Latin incumbere ‘lie or lean on, ’ from in- ‘upon ’ + a verb related to cubare ‘lie. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

incumbent

incumbent |ɪnˈkʌmb (ə )nt | ▶adjective 1 (incumbent on /upon ) necessary for (someone ) as a duty or responsibility: the government realized that it was incumbent on them to act. 2 [ attrib. ] (of an official or regime ) currently holding office: the incumbent President was defeated. 3 [ attrib. ] (of a company ) having a sizeable share of a market: powerful incumbent airlines. ▶noun the holder of an office or post. • Christian Church the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): from Anglo-Latin incumbens, incumbent-, from Latin incumbere ‘lie or lean on ’, from in- ‘upon ’ + a verb related to cubare ‘lie ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

incumbent

incumbent adjective 1 it is incumbent on you to tell them: necessary for one to, essential that, required that, imperative that; compulsory for one to, binding on one to, mandatory that. 2 the incumbent president: current, present, in office, in power; reigning. ▶noun the first incumbent of the post: holder, bearer, occupant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

incumbent

incumbent adjective 1 it is incumbent on the government to give a clear lead: binding, obligatory, mandatory, necessary, compulsory, required, requisite, essential, imperative. ANTONYMS optional. 2 the incumbent President had been defeated: current, existing, present, in office, in power; reigning. ANTONYMS past; future. ▶noun the first incumbent of the post was appointed in 1961: holder, bearer, occupant; office-holder, office-bearer, officer, functionary, official.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

incumbent

in cum bent /ɪnkʌ́mbənt /形容詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〖be ～〗 «…に » 義務としてかかる «on , upon » ▸ It is incumbent on you to help them .君には彼らを助けてやる義務がある 2 〖名詞 の前で 〗在職 [在任 ]中の, 現職の ▸ Many incumbent Republicans were defeated in the election .多くの現職の共和党候補者が落選した 名詞 C 1 (英国国教会の教会を持つ )牧師, 聖職者禄 （ろく ）所有者 .2 在任者, 現職者 .