[ad. L. curvā-re to crook, f. curv-us crooked, CURVE a. Cf. F. courber.]
1. trans. To bend so as to form a curve; to cause to take a curved form; to inflect.
1669. Holder, Elem. Speech, 86 (L.). The Tong likewise is drawn back and Curved.
1791. Cowper, Iliad, IV. 145. When the horn was curved to a wide arch.
1855. Tennyson, Maud, I. xiii. Curving a contumelious lip.
2. intr. To have or assume a curved form.
1594. [see CURVING vbl. sb.].
1748. Richardson, Clarissa, Wks. 1883, VI. 141. He [Boreas] puffed away most vehemently; and often made the poor fellow curve and stagger.
1855. Tennyson, The Brook, 182. And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river.
1875. Darwin, Insectiv. Pl., ii. 37. The tentacles curve inwards.
