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Verb: incubate  'in-kyu,beyt
  1. Sit on (eggs)
    "Birds incubate";
    - brood, hatch, cover
     
  2. Grow under conditions that promote development
    "The eggs incubated in the warm sand"

Derived forms: incubates, incubated, incubating

Type of: develop, multiply, procreate, reproduce

Encyclopedia: Incubate