incrassate
[ verb in-kras-eyt; adjective in-kras-it, -eyt ]
verb (used with object),in·cras·sat·ed, in·cras·sat·ing.
Pharmacology. to make (a liquid) thicker by addition of another substance or by evaporation.
adjective
Also in·cras·sat·ed. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
Origin of incrassate
1Other words from incrassate
- in·cras·sa·tion, noun
- in·cras·sa·tive, adjective
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How to use incrassate in a sentence
From the incrassation upon incubation when heat diffuseth the coagulum, from the chalaza or gallatine wh.
Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England | Charles W. Bodemer
British Dictionary definitions for incrassate
incrassate
adjective(ɪnˈkræsɪt, -eɪt) incrassated
biology thickened or swollen: incrassate cell walls
obsolete fattened or swollen
verb(ɪnˈkræseɪt)
obsolete to make or become thicker
Origin of incrassate
1C17: from Late Latin incrassāre, from Latin crassus thick, dense
Derived forms of incrassate
- incrassation, noun
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