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Prop :: Prop (v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building..

Parson :: Parson (n.) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls..

Bed :: Bed (v. t.) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

Procuration :: Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy..

Fill :: Fill (a.) To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy..

Succursal :: Succumbent (a.) Submissive; yielding.

Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem..

Up :: Up (adv.) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied..

Insistent :: Insistent (a.) See Incumbent.

Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.

Notorhizal :: Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Accumbent :: Accumbent (a.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf..

Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent..

Recumbent :: Recumbent (a.) Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle..

Cubatory :: Cubatory (a.) Lying down; recumbent.

Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility..

Incumbently :: Incumbently (adv.) In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.

Void :: Void (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.

Humifuse :: Humifuse (a.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent.

Decumbent :: Decumbent (a.) Lying down; prostrate; recumbent.

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