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Word: Incubate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Latin incubat- ‘lain on’, from the verb incubare, from in- ‘upon’ + cubare ‘to lie’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a bird) sit on (eggs) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching.
Short Definition:sit on eggs to hatch them
Definition:
be developing an infectious disease before symptoms appear
Short Definition:be developing infectious disease
Examples:- the possibility that she was incubating early syphilis
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