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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Attack; occurrence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Sins of daily <b>incursion</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Invasion; inroad; raid; foray; sally; attack; onset; irruption. See <er>Invasion</er>.</syn>

<h1>Incursive</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cur"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile.</def>

<h1>Incurtain</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cur"tain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To curtain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Incurvate</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cur"vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incurvatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>incurvare</ets> to crook; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>curvus</ets> bent. See <er>Curve</er>, and cf. <er>Incurve</er>.]</ety> <def>Curved; bent; crooked.</def>

<i>Derham.</i>

<h1>Incurvate</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cur"vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Incurvated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Incurvating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.</def>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Incurvation</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`cur*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incurvatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incurvation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of bending, or curving.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being bent or curved; curvature.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>incurvation</b> of the rays. <i>Derham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence.</def> "The <i>incurvations</i> of the knee."

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Incurve</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*curve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Incurved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Incurving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Incurvate</er>.]</ety> <def>To bend; to curve; to make crooked.</def>

<h1>Incurved</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*curved"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>curved</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.</def>

<h1>Incurvity</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*cur"vi*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>incurvus</ets> bent. See <er>Incurvate</er>.]</ety> <def>A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Incus</h1> <Xpage=749>