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Yes, incubate is playable

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"Incubate" Definition

verb-intransitive

To brood eggs.
To develop and hatch.
To undergo incubation.

verb-transitive

To form or consider slowly and protectively, as if hatching: incubated the idea for a while, then announced it.
To maintain (a chemical or biochemical system) under specific conditions in order to promote a particular reaction.
To maintain (eggs, organisms, or living tissue) at optimal environmental conditions for growth and development.
To sit on (eggs) to provide heat, so as to promote embryonic development and the hatching of young; brood.

verb

To sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body.
To maintain (as an embryo or a chemically active system) under conditions favorable for hatching, development, or reaction.
To cause or aid the development of .
To sit on eggs.
To undergo .

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