incubate

IPA: ˈɪnkjʌbeɪt

(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
(transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.

Examples of "incubate" in Sentences

Tearfund will 'incubate' Restored over the next three years, and host the new alliance as it builds up its own capacity and identity.
Both Paige and Nate are regular guests on Oprah, and according to the report, Winfrey plans to "incubate" them in the same manner as she did with Dr. Phil.
I suppose one could hardly say that they were being incubated, for, according to the dictionaries, to incubate is to sit upon, and certainly there was no one sitting on them.
He told USA Today, "I've written and created everything I've done, and it takes me a year to reflect on what I've done, a year to let the idea incubate, and a year to create a new character."
After arriving at the ceremony encased in a giant egg all the better to "incubate" before her live performance, the superstar hit the stage to sing "Born This Way" for the first time in front of an audience.
Wertheimer's idea is to tap the entrepreneurial trading instinct of the Arab people (the Middle East was traditionally one of the great trading crossroads of the world) and "incubate" more than 100 small export businesses in products like plastics, textiles and software.
With five new camps it helped "incubate" set to open this summer and backing from powerhouse philanthropists like Mem Bernstein and the Jim Joseph Foundation, the 12-year-old Foundation for Jewish Camp - which represents about 150 nonprofit Jewish overnight camps - is focusing on not simply staying stable but on ambitious growth.