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incubate verb

  /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/
  • (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
 broeden
  • (transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
 uitbroeden

incubator noun

  /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ , [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾə(ɹ)] , [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ]
  • (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
 couveuse

incubation

incubatie
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