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incubate > define

verb

  • Grow under conditions that promote development.
  • Sit on (eggs. )
    • usage: "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(v.i.&t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary