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Incurvate

//ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)vɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    bending inwards.

    "He noted that the flower's petals were incurvate."

  2. 2
    Curved; bent; crooked.
Adjective
  1. 1
    bent into or having an inward curve wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to. transitive

    "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. 2
    cause to curve inward wordnet
  3. 3
    to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards. intransitive
  4. 4
    bend inwards wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

The verb is first attested in 1578, the adjective in 1647; borrowed from Latin incurvātus, perfect passive participle of incurvō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

The verb is first attested in 1578, the adjective in 1647; borrowed from Latin incurvātus, perfect passive participle of incurvō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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