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superincumbency (s) (noun), superincumbencies (pl)
1. That which is lying or resting on something else: In the fall, Joe placed a superincumbency of leaves over the plants in the garden.
2. Those things that are situated above or overhanging someone or something else: When a person tells lies, there is always the superincumbency of the situation that he or she will be found out.
3. Something that is exerted from above; such as, pressure: The employee felt superincumbencies from his various supervisors.
4. A situation in which someone or something is lying or resting on or above an unspecified or a specific thing or place: The statue existed as a superincumbency, lying in a procumbent position on the grave.
This entry is located in the following units: cubi-, cub-, cumb-, cubit- (page 2) super-, supra-, sur- (page 7)