recurvate

English

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)veɪt/

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• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)vət/, /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)veɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)veɪt

Verb

recurvate (third-person singular simple present recurvates, present participle recurvating, simple past and past participle recurvated)

1. To bend or curve back; to recurve.
   • 1784, Thomas Pennant, Arctic Zoology:

     With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line

Adjective

recurvate (comparative more recurvate, superlative most recurvate)

1. (botany) recurved

References

• “recurvate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• verrucate

Latin

Participle

recurvāte

1. vocative masculine singular of recurvātus

Spanish

Verb

recurvate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of recurvar combined with te