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recurvate

/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)veɪt/

recurvate verb: to bend or curve back; to recurve.

Verb

recurvate (third-person singular simple present recurvates, present participle recurvating, simple past and past participle recurvated)

  1. To bend or curve back; to recurve.
    • With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line1784, Thomas Pennant, Arctic Zoology

Adjective

IPA/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)vət/

recurvate (comparative more recurvate, superlative most recurvate)

  1. recurved

Forms of recurvate

Verb
third-person singular presentrecurvates
present participlerecurvating
past participlerecurvated
pastrecurvated
Adjective
comparativemore recurvate
superlativemost recurvate

Words formed from recurvate

Words that rhyme with recurvate

Questions about recurvate

What does recurvate mean?
Recurvate means to bend or curve back; to recurve.
What part of speech is recurvate?
Recurvate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce recurvate?
Recurvate is pronounced /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)veɪt/.
What is the past tense of recurvate?
The past tense of recurvate is recurvated.

Words near recurvate in the dictionary

  1. recurtain
  2. recurtained
  3. recurtaining
  4. recurtains
  5. recurvant
  6. recurvate
  7. recurvated
  8. recurvates
  9. recurvating
  10. recurvation
  11. recurvations

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