† incumbencen.

Etymology: < incumbent n.: see incumbency n. and -ence suffix.

Obsolete.

a. The fact of being incumbent; an overhanging or impending.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence

nighness1548

towardness1549

propinquity1611

approacha1616

coming1626

looming1627

impendencya1632

fall1647

imminence1655

impendence1657

instancy1658

imminency1665

soonness1668

incumbence1677

simmering1844

proximity1876

1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 227 When the Necessity and Fear, and Incumbence of Evil is removed [etc.].

b. A matter that is incumbent; a duty or obligation.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > a duty or moral necessity

needOE

deedc1400

necessitya1500

office1534

work (also duty) of necessitya1602

incumbency?1608

remorsea1616

incumbence1684

call1704

commitment1837

calling1857

geis1965

1684 R. Burthogge Argument Infants Baptisme i. 18 Which Duty and Incumbence, and the Consequentialness of it from the Covenant, is [etc.].

1700 P. Rycaut Contin. Knolles' Hist. Turks III. 131 The next care and incumbence of the Generals was to provide Winter-quarters.

1768 Woman of Honor III. 137 The education of his only son..he held too sacred an incumbence to trust to any one but himself.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	incumbence
释义	† incumbencen. Etymology: < incumbent n.: see incumbency n. and -ence suffix. Obsolete. a. The fact of being incumbent; an overhanging or impending. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence nighness1548 towardness1549 propinquity1611 approacha1616 coming1626 looming1627 impendencya1632 fall1647 imminence1655 impendence1657 instancy1658 imminency1665 soonness1668 incumbence1677 simmering1844 proximity1876 1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 227 When the Necessity and Fear, and Incumbence of Evil is removed [etc.]. b. A matter that is incumbent; a duty or obligation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > a duty or moral necessity needOE deedc1400 necessitya1500 office1534 work (also duty) of necessitya1602 incumbency?1608 remorsea1616 incumbence1684 call1704 commitment1837 calling1857 geis1965 1684 R. Burthogge Argument Infants Baptisme i. 18 Which Duty and Incumbence, and the Consequentialness of it from the Covenant, is [etc.]. 1700 P. Rycaut Contin. Knolles' Hist. Turks III. 131 The next care and incumbence of the Generals was to provide Winter-quarters. 1768 Woman of Honor III. 137 The education of his only son..he held too sacred an incumbence to trust to any one but himself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1677
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