recurve

[ri-kurv]

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -curved, -curv·ing.

to curve or bend back or backward.

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Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin recurvāre, equivalent to re- re- + curvāre to curve

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recurve (rɪˈkɜːv)

—vb
	to curve or bend (something) back or down or (of something) to be so curved or bent

[C16: from Latin recurvāre from re- + curvāre to curve]

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