Incurvate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incurvate
       adj : bent into or having an inward curve [syn: {incurved}]
       v 1: bend inwards; "The body incurvates a little at the back"
       2: cause to curve inward; "gravity incurvates the rays"