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incurvate

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in⋅cur⋅vate

  [adj. in-kur-veyt, in-kur-vit; v. in-kur-veyt, in-kur-veyt] adjective, verb, -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. curved, esp. inward.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make curved; turn from a straight line or course; curve, esp. inward.
Origin:
1570–80; < L incurvātus, ptp. of incurvāre. See incurve, -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅cur⋅va⋅ture  [in-kur-vuh-cher] , in⋅cur⋅va⋅tion, noun
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in·cur·vate   (ĭn-kûr'vāt', ĭn'kûr-)   
tr.v.   in·cur·vat·ed, in·cur·vat·ing, in·cur·vates
To cause to bend into an inward curve.
adj.  Curved inward.
in'cur·va'tion n., in·cur'va·ture' (-və-chŏŏr', -chər) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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