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Thesaurus: incubate

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

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  1. v. i. & t. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
  2. v. grow under conditions that promote development
  3. v. sit on (eggs)
  4. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
  5. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, orkeep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
  6. v:100 v. grow under conditions that promote development