All 4 Uses of
incumbent
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Pride and Prejudice
- As to her younger daughters, she could not take upon her to say—she could not positively answer—but she did not know of any prepossession; her eldest daughter, she must just mention—she felt it incumbent on her to hint, was likely to be very soon engaged.†
Chpt 15
- It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.†
Chpt 18 *
- Elizabeth, feeling it incumbent on her to relieve him from so unpleasant a situation, now put herself forward to confirm his account, by mentioning her prior knowledge of it from Charlotte herself; and endeavoured to put a stop to the exclamations of her mother and sisters by the earnestness of her congratulations to Sir William, in which she was readily joined by Jane, and by making a variety of remarks on the happiness that might be expected from the match, the excellent character of…†
Chpt 23
- For about three years I heard little of him; but on the decease of the incumbent of the living which had been designed for him, he applied to me again by letter for the presentation.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(incumbent as in: the incumbent governor) the person who currently holds an official position