Definition of Incurvate

1. Verb. Bend inwards. "The body incurvates a little at the back"

Generic synonyms: Bend, Flex
Derivative terms: Incurvation, Incurvation

2. Adjective. Bent into or having an inward curve.
Exact synonyms: Incurved
Similar to: Curved, Curving

3. Verb. Cause to curve inward. "Gravity incurvates the rays"
Generic synonyms: Bend, Deform, Flex, Turn, Twist
Derivative terms: Incurvation, Incurvation

Definition of Incurvate

1. a. Curved; bent; crooked.

2. v. t. To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.

Definition of Incurvate

1. Adjective. bending inwards. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incurvate

1. [v -VATED, -VATING, -VATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incurvate

incurrable
incurred
incurrence
incurrences
incurrent
incurring
incurs
incursion
incursions
incursive
incursively
incurtain
incurtained
incurtaining
incurtains
incurvate (current term)
incurvated
incurvates
incurvating
incurvation
incurvations
incurvature
incurvatures
incurve
incurved
incurves
incurving
incurvity
incus
incuse

Literary usage of Incurvate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1845)
"... incurvate, with the mouth very prominent, and furnished with a pair of external, partially adnate pointed palpi, and three pairs of incurvate, ..."

2. Botanical Commentaries by Jonathan Stokes (1830)
"Peduncle with I and 2 branches at the base, pubescent; hairs of the peduncle straight, clavate at the end ; those of the branches incurvate, acute. ..."

3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1845)
"... incurvate, with the mouth very prominent, and furnished with a pair of external, partially adnate pointed palpi, and three pairs of incurvate, ..."

4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1887)
"Maxillary palpi slender cylindrical, black shining, pale on tip ; apical joint notched on tip, third joint incurvate ; the two basal joints globular, ..."

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