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Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - incubate

 
 

Incubate

incubate
v. 1 tr. sit on or artificially heat (eggs) in order to bring forth young birds etc. 2 tr. cause the development of (bacteria etc.) by creating suitable conditions. 3 intr. sit on eggs; brood. Etymology: L incubare (as IN-(2), cubare cubit- or cubat- lie)
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  verb (-bated; -bating) Etymology: Latin incubatus, past participle of incubare, from in+ cubare to lie Date: 1641 transitive verb 1. to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body, to maintain (as an embryo or a chemically active system) under conditions favorable for hatching, development, or reaction, to cause or aid the development of , intransitive verb to sit on eggs, to undergo incubation ; develop, incubative adjective incubatory adjective ...
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