Incubate

in'ku-bat, v. i. To sit, as on eggs for hatching.— Iacuba'tion, n. Act of, etc. (Path.) Germination of a contagious poison. — I. or a disease. Period between the recaption of a morbific poison and the manifestation of the disease. — In'cub us, ».: E. pi. -buses, -bus-ez, L. pi. -bi, -bi. (Me I.) The nightmare. Anything that weighs heavily upon one, or prevents the free use of the faculties.