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Webster 1913 Edition
Incurvate
Webster 1828 Edition
Incurvate
INCURV'ATE
,Verb.
T.
To bend; to crook; to turn from a right line or straight course.
INCURV'ATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
incurvate
incurvate
English
Adjective
incurvate (comparative more incurvate, superlative most incurvate)
- bending inwards.
- He noted that the flower's petals were incurvate.
- Curved; bent; crooked.
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Verb
incurvate (third-person singular simple present incurvates, present participle incurvating, simple past and past participle incurvated)
- (transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.
- (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.