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SUPERINCUMBENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does superincumbent mean?
• SUPERINCUMBENT (adjective)
The adjective SUPERINCUMBENT has 1 sense:
1. lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
Familiarity information: SUPERINCUMBENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
Context example:
superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition
Similar:
superjacent (lying immediately above or on something else)
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