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incrassate
[ verb in-kras-eyt; adjective in-kras-it, -eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- Pharmacology. to make (a liquid) thicker by addition of another substance or by evaporation.
adjective
- Also in·crassat·ed. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
incrassate
adjective
- biology thickened or swollen
incrassate cell walls
- obsolete.fattened or swollen
verb
- obsolete.to make or become thicker
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Derived Forms
- ˌincrasˈsation, noun
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Other Words From
- incras·sation noun
- in·crassa·tive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of incrassate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of incrassate1
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Example Sentences
Septum with a wide undulation near its origin, thence straight and incrassate at the end.
Septum undulated near its origin and then straight, incrassate at the end.
Had no schoolmaster in moments of heroic enthusiasm attempted to pound a few rules of rhetoric through my incrassate skull?
Abdomen ovate, the scale of the petiole incrassate and slightly notched above.
Abdomen ovate, the node of the petiole incrassate, and viewed sideways is triangular or wedge-shaped.
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