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In*cur"sive (?), a. Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile.

In*cur"tain (?), v. t. To curtain. [Obs.]

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.

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.

In`cur*va"tion (?), n. [L. incurvatio: cf. F. incurvation.]

1. The act of bending, or curving.

2. The state of being bent or curved; curvature.

An incurvation of the rays.

Derham.

3. The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence. "The incurvations of the knee." Bp. Hall.

In*curve" (n*kûv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurved (-kûvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Incurving.] [See Incurvate.] To bend; to curve; to make crooked.

In*curved" (n*kûvd"), a. [Pref. in- in + curved.] (Bot.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.

In*cur"vi*ty (n*kû"v*t), n. [From L. incurvus bent. See Incurvate.] A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards. Sir T. Browne.

||In"cus (?), n. [L., anvil.] || 1. An anvil.

2. (Anat.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.

3. (Zoöl.) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.

In*cuse" (?), a. [See Incuse, v. t.] (Numismatics) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving. "Irregular incuse square." Dr. W. Smith.

{ In*cuse" (?), In*cuss" (?), } v. t. [L. incussus, p. p. of incutere to strike. See 1st In-, and Concuss.] To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.

In*cute" (?), v. t. [See Incuse.] To strike or stamp in. [Obs.] Becon.

In*cyst" (?), v. t. See Encyst.

In*cyst"ed, a. See Encysted.

Ind (?), n. India. [Poetical] Shak. Milton.

In"da*gate (?), v. t. [L. indagatus, p. p. of indagare to seek.] To seek or search out. [Obs.]

In`da*ga"tion (?), n. [L. indagatio: cf. F. indagation.] Search; inquiry; investigation. [Obs.]

In"da*ga*tive (?), a. Searching; exploring; investigating. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

In"da*ga`tor (?), n. [L.] A searcher; an explorer; an investigator. [Obs.]

Searched into by such skillful indagators of nature.

Boyle.