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superincumbent

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su·per·in·cum·bent  (spr-n-kmbnt)
adj.
Lying or resting on or above something.
[Latin superincumbns, superincumbent-, present participle of superincumbere, to lie on top of : super-, super- + incumbere, to lie down; see incumbent.]
super·in·cumbence, super·in·cumben·cy n.
superincumbent [ˌsuːpərɪnˈkʌmbənt]
adj
1. lying or being on top of something else
2. situated or suspended above; overhanging
superincumbence , superincumbency n
superincumbently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.superincumbent - lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; "superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition"
superjacent - lying immediately above or on something else


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But in life --as we have elsewhere seen --this inclined plane is angularly filled up, and almost squared by the enormous superincumbent mass of the junk and sperm.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Forbes, in a greater depth of water than from 40 to 250 feet; but they are now covered with sea-deposited strata from 800 to 1000 feet in thickness: hence the bed of the sea, on which these shells once lived, must have sunk downwards several hundred feet, to allow of the accumulation of the superincumbent strata.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
You might as well set Mount AEtna on them flat, and tell them to stand up under it, as tell me to elevate my servants under all the superincumbent mass of society upon them.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
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