incurvate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb bend inwards
    • The body incurvates a little at the back
  2. verb cause to curve inward
    • gravity incurvates the rays
  3. adjective satellite bent into or having an inward curve
    incurved.

WordNet

In*cur"vate adjective
Etymology
L. incurvatus, p. p. of incurvare to crook; pref. in- in + curvus bent. See Curve, and cf. Incurve.
Definitions
  1. Curved; bent; crooked. Derham.
In*cur"vate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Incurvated ; present participle & verbal noun Incurvating
Definitions
  1. To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook. Cheyne.

Webster 1913