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incurvates

incurvates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of incurvate.

Meaning of incurvate

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.
    • 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 way1713, 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
  2. (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.

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Questions about incurvates

What is incurvates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Incurvates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of incurvate.

Words near incurvates in the dictionary

  1. incurtains
  2. incurvariid
  3. incurvariids
  4. incurvate
  5. incurvated
  6. incurvates
  7. incurvating
  8. incurvation
  9. incurvations
  10. incurvature
  11. incurvatures

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