The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incurvate \In*cur"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurvated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incurvating.]
To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
--Cheyne.
Incurvate \In*cur"vate\, a. [L. incurvatus, p. p. of incurvare
to crook; pref. in- in + curvus bent. See Curve, and cf.
Incurve.]
Curved; bent; crooked.
--Derham.
Wiktionary
1 bending inwards. 2 Curved; bent; crooked. v
1 (context transitive English) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to. 2 (context intransitive English) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.
WordNet
adj. bent into or having an inward curve [syn: incurved]
v. bend inwards; "The body incurvates a little at the back"
cause to curve inward; "gravity incurvates the rays"
Usage examples of "incurvate".
Waist-high and covered with a fine silky floss, they were streamlined, saddle-shaped creatures whose incurvate edges terminated in ten slender legs that were plainly meant for running.
But age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits, and (like diseases,) brings on incurable vices.
Con le mani abbandonate lungo i fianchi e le spalle incurvate, sembrava ipnotizzata.