incurvate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=cur=vate

CIDE DICTIONARY

incurvate, a. [L. incurvatus, p. p. of incurvare to crook; pref. in- in + curvus bent. See Curve, and cf. Incurve.].

 Curved; bent; crooked.  Derham.  [1913 Webster]

incurvate, v. t. 

 To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.  Cheyne.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

incurvate

Curvature

VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.