Incubation1. (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
2. (n.) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
3. (n.) A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.
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