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Meaning of SUPERINCUMBENT

Pronunciation:  `soopureen'kumbunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; "superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition"
 
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 Synonyms: superjacent
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Su`per*in*cum"bent\, a. [L. superincumbens, p.
pr. of superincumbere. See {Super-}, and {Incumbent}.]
Lying or resting on something else.
 
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