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

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

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

Superincumbent :: Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.

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

Accumbent :: Accumbent (n.) One who reclines at table.

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..

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

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

Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

Parsonage :: Parsonage (n.) The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird..

Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying down, or on the face; prone..

Recline :: Recline (v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand..

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

Corbel :: Corbel (n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture..

Fill :: Fill (a.) To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair..

Hepatica :: Hepatica (n.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement..

Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..

Voidance :: Voidance (n.) The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent..

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