incurvate
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incurvate
- /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)vɪt/
- /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)veɪt/
Where it comes from
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).
adjective more incurvate · most incurvate
- bending inwards. He noted that the flower's petals were incurvate.
- Curved; bent; crooked.
verb incurvates · incurvating · incurvated
- 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 way
- to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.
