curvate

English

Alternative forms

• curvated

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English (y)curvat(e) (“bent; hunched, stooped”), borrowed from Latin curvātus (“curved”), perfect passive participle of curvō (“to curve”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from curvus + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Adjective

curvate (comparative more curvate, superlative most curvate)

1. bent in a regular form ; curved.

   Synonyms: curvy, curving

Derived terms

• tricurvate

References

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

curvate

1. inflection of curvare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

curvate f pl

1. feminine plural of curvato

Latin

Verb

curvāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of curvō

Spanish

Verb

curvate

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