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▪ I. † aˈduncate, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. med.L. aduncāt-us pa. pple. of aduncā-re; f. L. ad to + uncā-re to hook: see adunc.]
Bent inward; hooked; = aduncous.
1661R. Lovell Anim. & Min. The nailes are in..those of the rapacious aduncate.
▪ II. aduncate, v.|əˈdʌnkeɪt|
[f. med.L. aduncāt- ppl. stem of aduncā-re; see prec.]
To curve inward. (Cited only in pa. pple.)
1823Lockhart Reg. Dalton v. iii. (1842) 302 You shall see the son of a London tailor strut past..with a beak as extravagantly aduncated as if, etc. |