Incumbent On

Definition: Incumbent On

Incumbent On

Adjective

1. Morally binding or necessary; "it is incumbent on me to attend".

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Synonym: Incumbent On

Duty

Adjective: obligatory, binding; imperative, peremptory; stringent; (severe); behooving; Verb: incumbent on, chargeable on; under obligation; obliged by, bound by, tied by; saddled with.

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The power, then, that parents have over their children, arises from that duty which is incumbent on them, to take care of their off-spring, during the imperfect state of childhood. (Second Treatise of Government)

It is in these words: "I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as _____, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution, and laws of the United States." (reference)

The priority of the charges established by Article 248 shall, subject to the qualifications made below, be as follows: (a) The cost of the armies of occupation as defined under Article 249 during the Armistice and its extensions; (b) The cost of any armies of occupation as defined under Article 249 after the coming into force of the present Treaty; (c) The cost of reparation arising out of the present Treaty or any treaties or conventions supplementary thereto; (d) The cost of all other obligations incumbent on Germany under the Armistice Conventions or under this Treaty or any treaties or conventions supplementary thereto. (reference)

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She did not mean to have her own affections entangled again, and it would be incumbent on her to avoid any encouragement of his.

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Economic History

Ghana

An enterprise may apply for extra visas/work permits, but it is incumbent on the investor to justify why a foreigner must be employed rather than a Ghanaian. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "incumbent on": be incumbent on ♦ be incumbent on smb. ♦ it's incumbent on you. Additional references.

Czech

je tvou povinností (it's incumbent on you). (various references)

French

incomber à (be incumbent on), appartenir à (be incumbent on). (various references)

Greek 

επιβάλλεται σε. (various references)

Hungarian

vkire hárul (to be incumbent on sy), hárul vkire (to be incumbent on sy). (various references)

Italian

incombere (be imminent, be incumbent on, hang over, impend, impend over). (various references)

Pig Latin

incumbentay onay

Romanian

obligatoriu pentru. (various references)

Spanish

incumbir (attach, be incumbent on, be the concern of, behoove, behove, fall on, fall to, fall upon). (various references)

Swedish

vara ngns plikt (be incumbent on smb.), åligga ngn (be incumbent on smb.). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: incumbent.

-3 letters: continue, innocent, unbonnet.

-4 letters: bitumen, centimo, combine, contemn, inconnu, mention, munnion, tonemic, umbonic, unction.

-5 letters: bonnet, bonnie, bounce, bunion, centum, cobnut, conine, conium, entomb, income, intomb, intone, minuet, minute, muntin, muonic, mutine, neumic, nocent, noetic, nonmen, notice, nuncio, tinmen, unbent.

+1 letter: nonincumbent.

+2 letters: nonincumbents.