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==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}
From {{bor|en|la|incubātus}}, past participle of {{m|la|incubō||to hatch}}, from {{m|la|in-||on}} + {{m|la|cubō||to lie}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incubate.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[brood]], [[raise]], or [[maintain]] eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1907|chapter=Nesting Habits of the Passenger Pigeon|title=The Passenger Pigeon|editor=W. B. Mershon|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44729/44729-h/44729-h.htm|passage=The places where the birds are nesting are interesting spots to visit. Both parents '''incubate''' and the scene is animated as the birds fly about in all directions.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1975|author=w:Catherine Marshall|title=Adventures in Prayer|location=New York|publisher=Ballantine Books|page=46|passage=Part of our problem in praying for our children, he suggested, is the time lage, the necessary slow maturation of our prayers. But that's the way of God's rhythm in nature. For instance, the hen must patiently sit on her eggs to '''incubate''' them before the baby chicks hatch.}}
#* {{RQ:McCarthy Blood Meridian|passage=The mother dead these fourteen years did '''incubate''' in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=w:A. J. Jacobs|title=The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|page=50|passage=The female cichlid fish are called "mouth breeders," which means they '''incubate''' eggs in their mouth.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To incubate metaphorically; to [[ponder]] an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for [[hatching]] it.
#* {{RQ:London Martin Eden|chapter=XXIII|passage=It was a habit he developed, of '''incubating''' and maturing his thought upon a subject, and of then rushing into the type-writer with it.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1992|author=Sheila Davis|title=The Songwriters Idea Book: 40 Strategies to Excite Your Imagination, Help You Design Distinctive Songs, and Keep Your Creative Flow|location=Cincinnati|publisher=Writer's Digest Books|page=96|passage=When you've got your theme–let the concept '''incubate'''. Walk around with it, sleep on it.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|incubatee}}
* {{l|en|incubation}}
* {{l|en|incubative}}
* {{l|en|incubator}}
* {{l|en|preincubate}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue}}
* Bikol Central: {{t|bcl|pahimsa}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|развъждам}}, {{t+|bg|мътя}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|covar}}, {{t+|ca|incubar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|孵化}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hautoa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|incuber}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|incubar}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|דָּגַר|tr=dagár}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|gor}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pēhi}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|incubar}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|guir}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|incubar}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ฟัก}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|incubate metaphorically}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|измътвам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|潜伏}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hautoa}} {{q|figuratively}}, {{t+|fi|pohtia}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|guir}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abceintu|cubanite}}

==Italian==

===Etymology 1===

====Verb====
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|it|incubare||2|p|pres|indc|;|2|p|impr}}

===Etymology 2===

====Participle====
{{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}}

# {{feminine plural of|it|incubato}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=abceintu|ubicante}}

==Latin==

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=incubāte}}

# {{inflection of|la|incubō||2|p|pres|actv|impr}}

==Spanish==

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|incubar}}