incubated

past tense of incubate
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as in spawned
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop the hen incubated her eggs for two weeks

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“Incubated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incubated. Accessed 3 Jun. 2023.

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