Etymology
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curvature (n.)

"continuous bending, the essential characteristic of a curve," 1660s, from Latin curvatura "a bending," from curvatus, past participle of curvare "to bend," from PIE root *sker- (2) "to turn, bend." In non-Euclidian geometry, from 1873.

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wore 

modern past tense of wear (v.).

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beheld (v.)

past tense and past participle of behold.

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