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superincumbency

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su⋅per⋅in⋅cum⋅bent

  [soo-per-in-kuhm-buhnt]
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–adjective
1. lying or resting on something else.
2. situated above; overhanging.
3. exerted from above, as pressure.
Origin:
1655–65; < L superincumbent- (s. of superincumbēns), prp. of superincumbere to lean over; see super-, incumbent

Related forms:
su⋅per⋅in⋅cum⋅bence, su⋅per⋅in⋅cum⋅ben⋅cy, noun
su⋅per⋅in⋅cum⋅bent⋅ly, adverb
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su·per·in·cum·bent   (sōō'pər-ĭn-kŭm'bənt)   
adj.  Lying or resting on or above something.

[Latin superincumbēns, superincumbent-, present participle of superincumbere, to lie on top of : super-, super- + incumbere, to lie down; see incumbent.]
su'per·in·cum'bence, su'per·in·cum'ben·cy n.
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