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Definition of Cumbent
1. a. Lying down; recumbent.
Definition of Cumbent
1. Adjective. lying down, recumbent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cumbent
1. reclining [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumbent
Literary usage of Cumbent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1841)
"... but now the weight of it much increased; tt> time also of entering thereupon,
appear^ pretty clear to me; having found it my is. cumbent duty, ..."
2. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn; Jepson (1901)
"cumbent at basf;, 1 to 8 or even 4 ft. high, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, 1. B.
chrysanthemoides Michx. BUR MARIGOLD. ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"cumbent.1 The governor cannot, by issuing a commission, enlarge a term of office
fixed by law or confer extended powers upon its incumbent. ..."
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