Crossword-Solution: INCUMBENT 9 letters, 38 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 15

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Word Word Type Definition
Incumbent a. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed;
superincumbent.
Incumbent a. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation;
obligatory; always with on or upon.
Incumbent 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.
Incumbent a. Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on,
something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
Incumbent n. A person who is in present possession of a benefice or
of any office.

We have 38 clues for the answer “INCUMBENT”

Clue Answers
One in office 1 answer
under a vow 1 answer
Obligatory for, with "upon" 1 answer
Like pretty much every losing political party in 2024 1 answer
the official who holds an office 1 answer
person who holds a particular office or position 1 answer
One trying to keep her seat, maybe 1 answer
necessary as a duty or responsibility 1 answer
Currently holding office 2 answers
under obligation 2 answers
Overlying 3 answers
On duty 3 answers
up to one 4 answers
Superimposed 5 answers
Officeholder 5 answers
unexempted 6 answers
Office holder 9 answers
rector 9 answers
vowed 9 answers
inescapable 10 answers
CURRENTLY HOLDING AN OFFICE 11 answers
Cleric 15 answers
ADDRESSEE 16 answers
de rigueur 18 answers
Vicar 30 answers
occupier 38 answers
"Officious ___" 40 answers
Mandatory 43 answers
Leaning 43 answers
answerable 44 answers
Amenable 46 answers
Obligatory 48 answers
Possessor? 51 answers
indweller 51 answers
Occupant 54 answers
Dweller 57 answers
Requisite 60 answers
Oblige 61 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies.
Hint 2 anagram
NVDIIE
Hint 3 another clue
"Delicious!"
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Sentences with INCUMBENT (5)

Noting two of LC's roles, first, to act as a repository of record for material that is copyrighted in this country, and second, to make materials it holds available in some limited form to a clientele that goes beyond Congress, BESSER suggested that it was incumbent on LC to extend those responsibilities to all the things being published in electronic form.
LOC Workshop on Electronic Texts Library of Congress 1993
Morgan Deere was heavily favored to win after the three term incumbent was named a co- conspirator in the rigging of a Defense contract.
Terminal Compromise Winn Schwartau 1993
The Hermit replies, by once more insisting on the duties incumbent upon him as a churchman, and continues to affirm himself free from all such breaches of order: “Many day I have here been, And flesh-meat I eat never, But milk of the kye; Warm thee well, and go to sleep, And I will lap thee with my cope, Softly to lye.” It would seem that the manuscript is here imperfect, for we do not find the reasons which finally induce the curtal Friar to amend the King’s cheer.
Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1993
Weston, “as I took Miss Taylor away, it is incumbent on me to supply her place, if I can; and I will step to Mrs.
Emma Jane Austen 1994
Marianne had retreated as much as possible out of sight, to conceal her distress; and Margaret, understanding some part, but not the whole of the case, thought it incumbent on her to be dignified, and therefore took a seat as far from him as she could, and maintained a strict silence.
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 1994

Quotes with INCUMBENT (3)

Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.
Albert Camus
Not long ago, I advertised for perverse rules of grammar, along the lines of "Remember to never split an infinitive" and "The passive voice should never be used." The notion of making a mistake while laying down rules ("Thimk," "We Never Make Misteaks") is highly unoriginal, and it turns out that English teachers have been circulating lists of fumblerules for years. As owner of the world's largest collection, and with thanks to scores of readers, let me pass along a bunch of …
William Safire Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage
Judgment is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that they ought not to use it at all? To prohibit what they think pernicious is not claiming exemption from error, but fulfilling the duty incumbent on them, although fallible, of acting on their conscientious conviction. If we were never to act on our opinions, because those opinions ‘lay be wrong, we should leave all our interests uncared for, and all our duties unperformed…
John Stuart Mill On Liberty
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Slate, Universal, WP.

Used 6 times in crossword archives (1993–2024).