Both Uses of
incumbent
in
Don Quixote
- Don Diego and his son commended his laudable resolution, and bade him furnish himself with all he wanted from their house and belongings, as they would most gladly be of service to him; which, indeed, his personal worth and his honourable profession made incumbent upon them.†
Chpt 2.17-18 *
- I have redressed injuries, righted wrongs, punished insolences, vanquished giants, and crushed monsters; I am in love, for no other reason than that it is incumbent on knights-errant to be so; but though I am, I am no carnal-minded lover, but one of the chaste, platonic sort.†
Chpt 2.31-32
Definition:
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(incumbent as in: the incumbent governor) the person who currently holds an official position