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incubate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incubate /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/

▶verb

1 (of a bird) sit on (eggs) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching.

2 develop (something, especially an infectious disease) slowly without outward or perceptible signs.

– derivatives
incubation noun,
incubative adjective,
incubatory /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt(ə)ri/ adjective.

– origin C17: from L. incubat-, incubare ‘lie on’.

'incubate' also found in these Oxford entries:

broody - incubus - megapode - sit

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