Incubation: alternatives and connections

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

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The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.

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A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

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That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same o…

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A floor or story of a house.

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of Tend

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To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

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To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

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The act or process of infecting.

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of Brood

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