incurvate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)vɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)veɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective[edit]
incurvate (comparative more incurvate, superlative most incurvate)
Verb[edit]
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.
- 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
- (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.
References[edit]
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “incurvate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
incurvate
- inflection of incurvare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
incurvate f pl
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
incurvāte
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