incurvate

English

Etymology

Latin incurvatus.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)vɪt/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)veɪt/

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Adjective

incurvate (comparative more incurvate, superlative most incurvate)

1. bending inwards.

   He noted that the flower's petals were incurvate.

2. Curved; bent; crooked.

Verb

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.
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     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.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “incurvate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

incurvate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

incurvate f pl

1. feminine plural of incurvato

Latin

Participle

incurvāte

1. vocative masculine singular of incurvātus