incurvate

Etymology

Latin incurvatus.

Adjective

incurvate (comparative more incurvate, superlative most incurvate)

1. bending inwards.

   He noted that the flower's petals were incurvate.

2. Curved; bent; crooked.

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Verb

incurvate (third-person singular simple present incurvates, present participle incurvating, simple past and past participle incurvated)

1. (transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.
2. (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.

References

• “incurvate” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Verb

incurvate

1. second-person plural present indicative of incurvare
2. second-person plural imperative of incurvare
3. feminine plural of incurvato

Participle

incurvāte

1. vocative masculine singular of incurvātus