Superincumbent

Definition: Superincumbent

Superincumbent

Adjective

1. Lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; "superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition".

Date "superincumbent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Etymology: Superincumbent \Su`per*in*cum"bent\, adjective. [Latin expression superincumbens, present participle of superincumbere. See Super-, and Incumbent.]. (Websters 1913)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Gravity	Incumbent, superincumbent.
Height	Overhanging; Verb:; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed; prominent; c.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Superincumbent

English words defined with "superincumbent": Story post, Superincumbency. (references)

Specialty definitions using "superincumbent": cover load ♦ front abutment pressure ♦ sheet structure. (references)

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	The proletariat, the lowest stratum of our present society, cannot stir, cannot raise itself up, without the whole superincumbent strata of official society being sprung into the air. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "superincumbent": superincumbent bed. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "superincumbent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i ndodhur (situated), i ndenjur (sedentary, stagnant, stale). (various references)

Bulgarian		разположен върху, висящ над, окачен над, лежащ върху. (various references)

Danish		øvre lag (superincumbent bed, superstratum). (various references)

Dutch		dak (roof). (various references)

Finnish		päälläoleva kerros (superincumbent bed, superstratum). (various references)

French		couche supérieure (road surface, superincumbent bed, superstratum), couche du toit (superincumbent bed, superstratum). (various references)

German		Hangendstätte (superincumbent bed, superstratum), Hangendlager (superincumbent bed, superstratum). (various references)

Greek		επακουμβών. (various references)

Hungarian		ráfekvõ. (various references)

Italian		strato superiore (layer uppermost, overstorey, overstory, superincumbent bed, superstratum, upper storey). (various references)

Pig Latin		uperincumbentsay

Portuguese		superincumbente. (various references)

Russian		выступающий (obtrusive, outstanding, prominent, protrusive, salient), лежащий (decumbent, incumbent, lying, recumbent, superjacent). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		koji leži preko. (various references)

Spanish		estrato superior (superincumbent bed, superstratum). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "superincumbent": superincumbently. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "superincumbent" (pronounced 'Su`per*in*cum"bent'): Bowbent, Cumbent, Decumbent, lambent, Procumbent, recumbent, Succumbent. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-i-m-n-n-p-r-s-t-u-u"
	-4 letters: increments, incumbents, inurements, neptuniums, putrescine.
	-5 letters: ceintures, centuries, crumbiest, ecumenist, encumbers, enuretics, incenters, increment, incumbent, incumbers, inurement, mutineers, neptunium, prentices, prescient, preunites, puberties, pubescent, punctures, recumbent, reinspect, spinneret, subcenter, supercute, tenebrism, tribesmen.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-i-m-n-n-p-r-s-t-u-u"
	+2 letters: superincumbently.
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Superincumbent

Definition: Superincumbent

Superincumbent

Adjective

Synonyms within Context: Superincumbent

Gravity

Height

Crosswords: Superincumbent

Historic Usage: Superincumbent

Communist Manifesto

Expression: Superincumbent

Modern Translation: Superincumbent

Albanian

Bulgarian

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Italian

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Derivations: Superincumbent

Derivations

Rhyming with "Superincumbent"

Anagrams: Superincumbent

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