superincumbent
Americanadjective
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lying or resting on something else.
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situated above; overhanging.
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exerted from above, as pressure.
adjective
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lying or being on top of something else
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situated or suspended above; overhanging
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Etymology
Origin of superincumbent
1655–65; < Latin superincumbent- (stem of superincumbēns ), present participle of superincumbere to lean over; see super-, incumbent
Example Sentences
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A considerable growth of trees had sprung from the soil collected above them, the roots of some having penetrated completely through the superincumbent shells to the earth beneath.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
Discharging Arch Discharging Arch, an arch formed in the substance of a wall to relieve the part which is below it from the superincumbent weight.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
A greater superincumbent mass, required shorter and thicker columns; a less superincumbent mass, longer and slender ones.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander
No water can percolate athwart it, and consequently where it is, there the superincumbent soil is resolved into a quagmire.
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
The prime feature in Cornish geology is the upheaval of the granite, distorting, folding back, and altering the superincumbent beds.
From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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