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Definition of Incurve
1. v. t. To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
Definition of Incurve
1. Verb. (rare) To cause something to curve inwards. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incurve
1. to curve inward [v -CURVED, -CURVING, -CURVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incurve
Literary usage of Incurve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What Handwriting Indicates: An Analytical Graphology by John Rexford (1904)
"THE incurve; sloping; letters extended; finals not cut short—Sympathy, 26. ...
No incurve; never sloping; p made with lower point sharp and ..."
2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1907)
"Primaries with the cell whitish filled, basal space strongly white powdered, a
diffuse whitish shading beyond the incurve of the tp line and a well-defined ..."
3. A Treatise on Disputed Handwriting and the Determination of Genuine from by William Elijah Hagan (1894)
"In the other letters "l" of the genuine signature considered in this connection,
there is a bulge or incurve to the right in the down-stroke near their ..."
4. Daffodils, Narcissus, and how to Grow Them as Hardy Plants and for Cut by Arthur Martin Kirby (1907)
"The petals incurve towards the trumpet, of distinct clear yellow. Excellent for
pot culture and forcing. JOHN NELSON. (C. 10 in. §fi*$5 doz. ..."
5. The Chrysanthemum: Its Culture for Professional Growers and Amateurs; a by Arthur Herrington (1905)
"29), and again there are varieties of great size whose petals incurve, building
up an ... 30), and still others that neither fully incurve nor reflex, ..."
6. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1868)
"... this was satisfactorily proved to be the case ; the arc being forced to incurve,
the surfaces which- formed its base were so much the more vertically ..."
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