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English Dictionary: incurvate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incurvate
adj
  1. bent into or having an inward curve [syn: incurvate, incurved]
v
  1. bend inwards; "The body incurvates a little at the back"
  2. cause to curve inward; "gravity incurvates the rays"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Incurvate \In*cur"vate\, a. [L. incurvatus, p. p. of incurvare
      to crook; pref. in- in + curvus bent. See {Curve}, and cf.
      {Incurve}.]
      Curved; bent; crooked. --Derham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Incurvate \In*cur"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incurvated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Incurvating}.]
      To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
      --Cheyne.
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