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recurvated

recurvated is the simple past and past participle of recurvate.

Meaning of recurvate

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

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Questions about recurvated

What is recurvated the simple past and past participle of?
Recurvated is the simple past and past participle of recurvate.

Words near recurvated in the dictionary

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

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