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Incubate

verb

(past & past part. incubated; pres. part. incubating)

Grow under conditions that promote development.

Sit on (eggs). Synonyms: brood, cover, hatch. "The female covers the eggs"

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"Incubate" Quotes from Famous Books

... the nest almost unassisted and appears, likewise to incubate and brood the young. The male, however, sings from his varied repertoire to cheer his mate at her task, and assists the female in feeding the young and cleansing the domicile, but when disturbed by an observer, the female is more assiduous ...

— Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual - Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State • Various

... of the vicarage, the warm sun seemed to incubate a dreamy stillness, the butterflies hardly taking the trouble to fly, and the very flowers hanging down their lazy heads; while the trees drooping their leaves, as if faint and exhausted ...

— Teddy - The Story of a Little Pickle • J. C. Hutcheson

Words linked to "Incubate" : cover, procreate, incubator, reproduce, sit down, multiply, develop, breed, incubation, sit, hatch