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1.NounSitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
2.NounThe development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
3.NounA period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
4.NounOne of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
5.NounSleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.