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ˈinˌbent, ppl. a. [f. in adv. 11 b + bent ppl. a.] Bent or curved inwards; turned or directed inwards.
a1586Sidney Astr. & Stella xciv, So darke..that inbent eyes Can scarce discerne the shape of mine owne paine. 1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. Ded., Hauing thus with inbent heau'n begunne, See how this bulked world vnto thee bowes. 1625― Du Bartas, Noe 151 It is concave and convex, which is as much as to say inbent and out-bent. 1889Geol. Jrnl. XLV. i. 152, I can distinguish no regular markings on the inbent surfaces of the radials between the spines. |