INCRASSATE

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin incrassare, from in- + crassare ‘make thick’, from crassus.

Verb

incrassate (third-person singular simple present incrassates, present participle incrassating, simple past and past participle incrassated)

(ambitransitive, now rare) To thicken, condense.

Synonyms

• See also thicken

Adjective

incrassate (comparative more incrassate, superlative most incrassate)

(botany, zoology) Made thick or thicker; swelled out at some particular part, like the antennae of certain insects.

Anagrams

• Cartesians, Stainsacre, ascertains, sectarians

Source: Wiktionary

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In*cras"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incrassated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incrassating.] Etym: [L. incrassatus, p. p. of incrassare; pref. in- in + crassus thick.]

Definition: To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts. Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate. Sir I. Newton. Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne.

In*cras"sate, v. i.

Definition: To become thick or thicker.

In*cras"sate, In*cras"sa*ted, a. Etym: [L. incrassatus, p. p.]

1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennæ of certain insects.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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