Incubate

in′kū-bāt, v.i. to sit on eggs to hatch them.— v.t. to produce by hatching: ( fig. ) to turn over in the mind, ponder over.— n. Incubā′tion , the act of sitting on eggs to hatch them: ( fig. ) meditation on schemes: ( med. ) the period between the implanting of a disease and its development.— adjs. In′cubātive , Incubā′tory .— n. In′cubātor , a machine for hatching eggs by artificial heat. [L. incubāre , -ātum — in , upon, cubāre , to lie.]