To leane vpõ: to fal on a thing: to sinke downe on a thing: to be inclined to: to giue diligence or studie to: to indeuoure earnestly Aratris incumbere. Vir. Bacolo incumbens. Oui Leaning on. Incumbunt tecta centenis columnis. Mart. The house staieth or testeth vpon 100. pillars. Gladio incumbere. Author. ad Heren. To fal on a sworde & kil himselfe. Humero alicuius. Vir. To leane vpon ones shoulder. Lecto incumbens Ouid. Toro incubuit. Vir. He lay on his bed. In gladium incumbere, ldÊ quod gladio incumbere. Cic. Incumbere illi: & non in illum dicimus. Quin. Incumbere ad bellum omni stodio. Ci. To giue al his care and studie to the maintenance of a warre. Incumbere in bellÛ animo & opibus. Cæ. With their whole harte & power to bende themselfe to maintaine a warre. Incumbere in cansam communem. Cic. With all his power to defend a common quarrel. In cupiditatem incumbere. Cic. IncÛbe quæso in eam curam. Cic. Giue al your studie & care to this. IncÛbe in eam curam & cogitationem, quæ tibi summam dignitatem & gloriam afferat. Cic. With al studie and deuice indenoure that thing which may bring, &c. Incubuit autem in eas disputationes, vt doceret nullum, &c. Cicero. He indeanoured earnestly in disputation to teach that, &c. Eò maxime incumbis. Cic. IncÛbe toto pectore ad laudÊ. Cic. Giue or apply your whole minde and courage to get praise. Incumbere ad, vel in perniciem alicuius. Cic. To goe aboute with all diligence to procure ones destruction. Tota mente, omnique animi impetu, in Remp. incumbere. Cicer. To bende his whole study, force, and indeuoure to helpe the common weale. In hoc vehementer incumbendum. Qui. We must indeuoure this verie earnestly. Incumbere ad salutem Reip. Ci. To traueile earnestly to support and maintaine the good estate of the common weale. Incumbere ad vel in studia. Cic. To studie earnestly: to tranaile earnestly in studie. Ad voluntatem perferÊdæ legis incubuerat. Ci. He was earnestly bent ue the lawe made. Acrius incumbere. Vir. To indeuoure more earnestly. Huc incumbe. Cic. Indeuoure this thing. Labori incumbere. Sil. Incumbe toto animo & studio omni in eã rationem qua adhuc vsus es. Cic. Neruis conctis incumbere. Ouid. With al his strength and power to tranaile. Pectore toto incumbere. Ouid. Omni studio, virtute, authoritate ad Rempublicam conseruandam mcumbere. Cic. To indeuoure. Incumbere ceris & ftilo Pli. To giue himselfe to write in his tables. Professioni incumbere. Diocletianus. To be presently in possession. Incumbere cum aliquo in rem aliquam, Cælius ad Cicer. To trauayle or take payne with one, to bryng a thing to passe. Incumbit illi spes successionis Suet. id est, manet illÛ spes successionis. The hope is onely in him to fucceede. Incumbit defensio mortis hæredi. Vlp. The heire is bound: the heire ought, or it is the he ires part to defende. Magna vis venti in mare incubuit. Quin. A great tempeste of winde rose vpon the sea. Qui in te ipsum incubuerunt. Cic. Which violently withstoode thee. Aestus incumbens scopulis. Virgil. Sourges beate vpon the rockes. Incumbere. Plaut. To bende or incline to. Quò incumbat eò impellere. Plaut. To thruste him that may as he inclineth or bendeth. Ad lenitatem oimiam, ambitionemque incumbunt mores Cic. His behauiour inclyueth to ouer much lenitie & ambition. Ad bonum virum repentina voluntatum inelinatio incubu it. Cic. Volunt idem omnes ordines eôdem incumbunt municipia. Cic. The free cities also bende to the same.

I. Lit., constr. with in, ad, super, or dat.; also with the simple acc.: olivae, Verg. E. 8, 16: in parietem, Dig. 39, 2, 28: densis ordinibus nunc alii in alios, nunc in scuta incumbentes sustinebant impetus Romanorum, Liv. 35, 5, 7: toro, Verg. A. 4, 650: materiae, Curt. 8, 10, 25: terrae, Tac. A. 2, 17: super praedam, to lie upon, Petr. 80: in eum, Curt. 6, 9: ad vos, Ov. M. 9, 385: cumulatis in aqua sarcinis insuper incumbebant, Liv. 22, 2, 8: validis incumbere remis, Verg. A. 5, 15; 10, 294; Curt. 9, 9, 4.—Of the heavens: cava in se convexitas vergit, et cardini suo, hoc est terrae, undique incumbit, Plin. 2, 64, 64, 160: mare, to cast itself into the sea, id. 5, 32, 40, 141: fessi arma sua, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 229: tecto incubuit bubo, perched on, Ov. M. 6, 432: gladium faciam culcitam, camque incumbam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 29.—

B. Transf., to lean or incline towards, to overhang; to rush towards: silex prona jugo laevum incumbebat ad amnem, Verg. A. 8, 236: laurus incumbens arae, id. ib. 2, 514: in gladium, to fall on one's sword, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154: gladio, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18: ferro, Phaedr. 3, 10, 33: in hostem, to press upon the enemy, Liv. 30, 34, 2; cf.: duo duces circumstare urbem ... et unum in locum totam periculi molem, omne onus incubuisse, id. 27, 40, 6.—

II. Trop.

A. To press upon, burden, oppress, weigh upon: incubuere (venti) mari, Verg. A. 1, 84: tempestas a vertice silvis incubuit, id. G. 2, 311: gravis incumbens scopulis aestas, id. ib. 2, 377: febrium terris incubuit cohors, Hor. C. 1, 3, 30: (aestus) incubuit populo, Lucr. 6, 142. —Absol.: saevior armis Luxuria incubuit, Just. 6, 292.—

B. To bend one's attention to, to apply or devote one's self to, to exert one's self, or take pains with, pay attention to; constr. with in, ad, or dat.: rogandis legibus, Flor. 3, 16: ceris et stilo, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 9: labori, Sil. 4, 820: toto pectore novae cogitationi, Tac. Or. 3: et animo et opibus in bellum, Caes. B. G. 7, 76: ut jam inclinato (judici) reliqua incumbat oratio, press upon, exert influence on, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324; cf.: invidia mihi incumbit, Tac. A. 14, 54: in aliquod studium, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34: in causam, id. Phil. 4, 5, 12: acrius graviusque ad ulciscendas rei publicae injurias, id. ib. 6, 1, 2: tota mente in aliquam curam et cogitationem, id. Fam. 10, 3, 3: toto pectore ad laudem, id. ib. 10, 12, 2: omni cogitatione curaque in rem publicam, id. ib. 1, 2: fato urguenti incumbere, to press on, hasten, Verg. A. 2, 653.—With inf.: sarcire ruinas, Verg. G. 4, 249: delatorem pervertere, Tac. H. 2, 10.—With ut and subj.: Appius Claudius ... cum suis tum totius nobilitatis viribus incubuit, ut, etc., Liv. 10, 15, 8.— Absol.: nunc, nunc incumbere tempus, Ov. M. 10, 657.—

C. To incline, choose, be inclined to, lean towards: hoc servi esse officium reor, ... non quo incumbat eum (i. e. erum) inpellere, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8: ut eos, qui audiunt, quocumque incubuerit, possit impellere, whithersoever he may incline, choose, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 55: eodem incumbunt municipia, are inclined the same way, id. Phil. 6, 7, 18: ad voluntatem perferendae legis, id. Att. 1, 19, 4: voluntatum inclinatio ad virum bonum, to lean towards, turn to, id. Mur. 26, 53: in causam, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3: in cupiditatem, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 3: in illo, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6.—

D. To be incumbent upon one as a duty (post-class.): accusandi necessitas domino, Dig. 48, 2, 5: ei probatio, ib. 22, 3, 2: judici omnium rerum officium, ib. 21, 1, 25.