incurvate

== English == === Etymology === The verb is first attested in 1578, the adjective in 1647; borrowed from Latin incurvātus, perfect passive participle of incurvō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (adjective) /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)vɪt/ IPA(key): (verb) /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)veɪt/ === Adjective === incurvate (comparative more incurvate, superlative most incurvate) bending inwards. Curved; bent; crooked. === Verb === incurvate (third-person singular simple present incurvates, present participle incurvating, simple past and past participle incurvated) (transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to. (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards. === Related terms === === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “incurvate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== incurvate inflection of incurvare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== incurvate f pl feminine plural of incurvato == Latin == === Participle === incurvāte vocative masculine singular of incurvātus