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incubate

The correct spelling is incubate.

How to pronounce incubate

verb

IPA: /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/

Say it like: Inc-uba-te

The correct spelling is incubate. To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

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Definition

verb

  1. 1.To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
  2. 2.To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.

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