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Webster 1913 Edition

Incubate

In′cu-bate

,

Verb.

I.

&

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Incubated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Incubating

.]

[L.

incubatus

, p. p.

incubare

to lie on; pref.

in-

in, on +

cubare

to lie down. Cf.

,

.]

1.

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

Webster 1828 Edition

Incubate

IN'CUBATE

,

Verb.

I.

[L. incubo; in and cubo, to lie down.] To sit, as on eggs for hatching.