incurvate

verb /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)veɪt/

1. To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.

   transitive

   Mr. Flamsteed's measures were taken with a micrometer that pinches or clasps the opposite edges of a planet which would incurvate the rays one way

2. to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.

   intransitive

Where it comes from

The verb is first attested in 1578, the adjective in 1647; borrowed from Latin incurvātus, perfect passive participle of incurvō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry incurvate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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