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Webster 1913 Edition
Incubation
Inˊcu-ba′tion
,Noun.
[L.
incubatio
: cf. F. incubation
.] 1.
A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
Ray.
2.
(Med.)
The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
3.
A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.
Tylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incubation
INCUBA'TION
,Noun.