An incumbent is an official who holds an office. If you want to run for congress, you're going to have to beat the incumbent.
Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
Noun
the official who holds an office
Adjective S.
currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor"
Adjective S.
lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation"
a.
Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed;
superincumbent.
a.
Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation;
obligatory; always with on or upon.
a.
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.
a.
Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on,
something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
n.
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or
of any office.
Incumbent
Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it.
To move the incumbent load they try.2.
All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians.3.
Incumbent
The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron.
Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
Usage Examples
Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.
It is incumbent upon each of us to improve spending and savings practices to ensure our own individual financial security and preserve the collective economic well-being of our great society.
The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.
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Other Usage ExamplesIf I were running to be somebody, there are a lot of easier sombodies to be. After all, running against the incumbent governor of your own party in your home state is not the next logical step in a political life.
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly.
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