incurve

[ in-kurv ]

verb (used with or without object)

, in·curved, in·curv·ing.

1. to curve or cause to curve inward.

Word History and Origins

Origin of incurve¹

First recorded in 1600–10, incurve is from the Latin word incurvāre to bend in, curve. See in- ², curve

Example Sentences

Ah, could we once ere we go, could we stand, while, to ocean descending, Sinks o'er the yellow dark plain slowly the yellow broad sun, Stand from the forest emerging at sunset, at once in the champaign, Open, but studded with trees, chestnuts umbrageous and old, E'en in those fair open fields that incurve to thy beautiful hollow, Nemi imbedded in wood, Nemi inurn'd in the hill!—

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I don’t think so much of my incurve, though I’m trying to make it break a little more sharply.

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The first ball he pitched was an incurve, but it looked good to the batter, and he swung at it viciously.

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He didn’t have either an incurve or an outcurve that was worth mentioning.

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Incurve, in-kurv′, v.t. to cause to curve inward.—v.i. to curve inward.—v.t.

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