incurvate

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English

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Etymology

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Latin incurvatus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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incurvate (comparative more incurvate, superlative most incurvate)

  1. bending inwards.
    He noted that the flower's petals were incurvate.
  2. Curved; bent; crooked.

Verb

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incurvate (third-person singular simple present incurvates, present participle incurvating, simple past and past participle incurvated)

  1. (transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.
    • 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. [], London: [] W[illiam] Innys, [], →OCLC:
      Mr. Flamsteed's measures were taken with a micrometer that pinches or clasps the opposite edges of a planet which would incurvate the rays one way
  2. (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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incurvate

  1. inflection of incurvare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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incurvate f pl

  1. feminine plural of incurvato

Latin

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Participle

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incurvāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of incurvātus