incubate

(ĭn'kyə-bāt', ĭng'-)

v., -bat·ed, -bat·ing, -bates.

v.tr.

1. To sit on (eggs) to provide heat, so as to promote embryonic development and the hatching of young; brood.
2. 1. To maintain (eggs, organisms, or living tissue) at optimal environmental conditions for growth and development.
   2. To maintain (a chemical or biochemical system) under specific conditions in order to promote a particular reaction.
3. To form or consider slowly and protectively, as if hatching: incubated the idea for a while, then announced it.

v.intr.

1. To brood eggs.
2. To develop and hatch.
3. To undergo incubation.

[Latin incubāre, incubāt-, to lie down on : in-, on; see in-² + cubāre, to lie down.]

incubative in'cu·ba'tive adj.

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1. to maintain at an appropriate temperature so as to favour growth, development, or continued survival (e.g. of cells); by extension, to maintain under specified conditions in a controlled or artificial environment (e.g. in studies of enzymic or antigen-antibody reactions), especially at a particular ambient temperature (which may be above or below that of the environment).
2. a material or preparation that has been incubated.

—incubation n.

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1. to subject to or to undergo incubation.
2. material that has undergone incubation.

For a list of words related to incubate, see:

• Belief and Conception - incubate: hatch; give form to an idea

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udruge, ligge på æg
v. intr. - ruge

idioms:

• incubation period    inkubationstid, rugetid

Nederlands (Dutch)
broeden, kweken, broeden op

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Agric) couver, faire incuber, (fig) mûrir
v. intr. - être en incubation (un ¯uf, une bactérie), couver

idioms:

• incubation period    période d'incubation

Deutsch (German)
v. - brüten, ausbrüten

idioms:

• incubation period    Inkubationszeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επωάζω, κλωσώ, (μτφ.) κυοφορώ, απεργάζομαι

idioms:

• incubation period    (ιατρ.) περίοδος επώασης (νόσου)

Italiano (Italian)
incubare

idioms:

• incubation period    periodo di incubazione

Português (Portuguese)
v. - incubar

idioms:

• incubation period    período (m) de incubação

Русский (Russian)
выводить цыплят в инкубаторе

idioms:

• incubation period    инкубационный период

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - incubar, pensar, madurar
v. intr. - estar en incubación, ser incubado

idioms:

• incubation period    período de incubación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ruva, kläcka (s) (äv. bildl.), hålla i kuvös, odla(s), utvecklas

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
孵卵, 孵化, 培养, 温育, 酝酿, 孵蛋, 筑巢

idioms:

• incubation period    潜伏期

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 孵卵, 孵化, 培養, 溫育, 醞釀
v. intr. - 孵蛋, 孵化, 築巢

idioms:

• incubation period    潛伏期

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 품다, 숙고하다, 배양하다, (조산아 등을) 보육기에 넣어 기르다
v. intr. - 알을 품다, 잠복하다, (생각이) 구체화되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 抱く, 保温する, 卵を抱く, かえる, 卵をかえす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تحضن الدجاجه بيضها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הדגיר‬
v. intr. - ‮דגר‬

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