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incubate

v.
US //ˈɪnkjəˌbeɪt// UK //ˈɪnkjuːbˌeɪt// in·cu·bate
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Origin

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”).

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