superincumbent

superincumbent
superincumbence, superincumbency, n.superincumbently, adv.
/sooh'peuhr in kum"beuhnt/, adj.
1. lying or resting on something else.
2. situated above; overhanging.
3. exerted from above, as pressure.
[1655-65; < L superincumbent- (s. of superincumbens), prp. of superincumbere to lean over; see SUPER-, INCUMBENT]

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