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in⋅curve

  [in-kurv]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -curved, -curv⋅ing.
to curve or cause to curve inward.
Origin:
1600–10; < L incurvāre to bend in, curve. See in- 2 , curve
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in·curve   (ĭn-kûrv', ĭn'kûrv')   
tr. & intr.v.   in·curved, in·curv·ing, in·curves
To cause to bend or to bend into an inward curve.
n.   (ĭn'kûrv')
An inward curve.

[Middle English incurven, to twist, distort, from Latin incurvāre, to curve in, be crooked : in-, in; see in-2 + curvus, curve; see curve.]
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