INCRASSATING

Verb

incrassating

present participle of incrassate

Source: Wiktionary


INCRASSATE

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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