- incubatus
- Incubatus, huius incubatus, pen. prod. Plin. Couvement.
Dictionarium latinogallicum. 1552.
Dictionarium latinogallicum. 1552.
couvement — Couvement, m. Incubatus, huius incubatus, Incubatio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Incubate — In cu*bate, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Incubated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incubating}.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to lie on; pref. in in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. {Cubit}, {Incumbent}.] 1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Incubated — Incubate In cu*bate, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Incubated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incubating}.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to lie on; pref. in in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. {Cubit}, {Incumbent}.] 1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Incubating — Incubate In cu*bate, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Incubated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incubating}.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to lie on; pref. in in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. {Cubit}, {Incumbent}.] 1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incubate — verb ( bated; bating) Etymology: Latin incubatus, past participle of incubare, from in + cubare to lie Date: 1641 transitive verb 1. a. to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body b. to maintain (as an embryo or a chemically active… … New Collegiate Dictionary
incubate — incubative, adj. /in kyeuh bayt , ing /, v., incubated, incubating. v.t. 1. to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching. 2. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting upon them or by artificial heat. 3. to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other… … Universalium
incubate — (v.) 1640s, to brood upon, watch jealously (which also was a figurative sense of L. incubare); 1721 as to sit on eggs to hatch them, from L. incubatus, pp. of incubare to lie in or upon (see INCUBATION (Cf. incubation)). Related: Incubated;… … Etymology dictionary
incubate — in•cu•bate [[t]ˈɪn kyəˌbeɪt, ˈɪŋ [/t]] v. bat•ed, bat•ing 1) zool. to sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching 2) zool. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting on them or by artificial heat 3) to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other… … From formal English to slang
incubate — [c]/ˈɪnkjubeɪt / (say inkyoohbayt), /ˈɪŋ / (say ing ) verb (incubated, incubating) –verb (t) 1. to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching. 2. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting upon them or by artificial heat. 3. to maintain (bacterial cultures …
incubate — [in′kyə bāt΄, iŋ′kyo͞o bāt΄] vt. incubated, incubating [< L incubatus, pp. of incubare, to lie in or upon < in , IN 1 + cubare, to lie: see CUBE1] 1. to sit on and hatch (eggs) 2. to keep (eggs, embryos, bacteria, etc.) in a favorable… … English World dictionary