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incubate

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted abceintuStarts with IEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. sit on (eggs)

Word origin

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”).

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  • The places where the birds are nesting are interesting spots to visit. Both parents incubate and the scene is animated as the birds fly about in all directions.
  • The mother dead these fourteen years did incubate in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off.
  • The female cichlid fish are called "mouth breeders," which means they incubate eggs in their mouth.

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