The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
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
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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