Incubate(v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
Incubated(imp. & p. p.) of Incubate
Incubating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incubate
Incubation(n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
Incubation(n.) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
Incubation(n.) A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.
Incubative(a.) Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.
Incubator(n.) That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.
Incube(v. t.) To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly.
Incubous(a.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous.
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