*bator*

n. [ L. ] One who approves. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cubator he who lies down, fr. cubare. ] Lying down; recumbent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Implying, or tending to, improbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An apparatus containing an enclosed chamber, used for the cultivation of microörganisms or tissue cultures by maintaining a suitable temperature and atmospheric composition. Some incubators have no provision for maintaining a special atmosphere, while in others, especially for anaerobic organisms and tissue culture, the moisture level and composition of the gases are also controlled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

3. (Med.) An apparatus consisting of enclosed chamber, for maintaining prematurely born babies in a favorable environment until able to thrive under normal conditions. The temperature and level of oxygen in the atmosphere may be controlled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. Serving for incubation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to libation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A perturber. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. An examiner; an approver. Maydman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. probatoire. ] 1. Serving for trial; probationary. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Probatory term (Law), a time for taking testimony. [ 1913 Webster ]