Meaning of superincumbent | Babel Free

Definitions

Lying or resting on something else; overlying.

Examples

“As the vapour cooled the water would be precipitated, and an ocean would surround⟳ the spherical nucleus with a superincumbent atmosphere.”

“[…] alas, on the contrary, what troops and populations of Phantasms, not God-Veracities but Devil-Falsities, down to the very lowest stratum, — which now, by such superincumbent weight of Unveracities, lies enchanted in St. Ives’ Workhouses, broad enough, helpless enough!”

“Then a superincumbent bundle rolled down, with a whisking noise, flames elongated, and bent themselves about with a quiet roar, but no crackle.”

“The older Verrucano must have⟳ travelled to its present⟳ position as it slid and ground its way on the back of the oppressed Lochseiten limestone, which buckled and churned under the superincumbent load⟳.”

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