"incube" meaning in English

See incube in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: incubes [present, singular, third-person], incubing [participle, present], incubed [participle, past], incubed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} incube (third-person singular simple present incubes, present participle incubing, simple past and past participle incubed)
  1. To bury or encase.
    Sense id: en-incube-en-verb-VcXluzZ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. To incubate.
    Sense id: en-incube-en-verb-KZA3Kd45

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1902, Koresh, The Immortal Manhood, page 63",
          "text": "The social order incubed in the cosmic cell will be an empire, because the physical sphere is itself imperial.",
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          "ref": "1998, Extended Abstracts - Part 3, page 1558",
          "text": "Apatite crystals incubed in soil presented numerous corrosion marks as denticulated margin.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Maud Ellmann, Elizabeth Bowen: The Shadow Across the Page, page 181",
          "text": "Poking round the attic, Jane discovered a packet of Guy's love letters incubed in the same trunk as the muslin gown.",
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          "ref": "1973, Salvatore Raiti, Advances in Human Growth Hormone Research, page 82",
          "text": "Cartilage was incubed for 24 hours in basal medium containing 0.1 % ovalbumin with or without additions.",
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          "ref": "1993, Gail L. Woods, Yezid Gutierrez, Diagnostic Pathology of Infectious Diseases, page 576",
          "text": "During the initial incubation bottles incubed aerobically are agitated on a rotary shaker.",
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          "ref": "1994, Dr. B. K. Sharma, Water Pollution, page 377",
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