incrassate

[ verb in-kras-eyt; adjective in-kras-it, -eyt ]

verb (used with object),in·cras·sat·ed, in·cras·sat·ing.
  1. Pharmacology. to make (a liquid) thicker by addition of another substance or by evaporation.

adjective
  1. Also in·cras·sat·ed. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.

Origin of incrassate

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Latin incrassātus, past participle of incrassāre “to fatten, make thick,” derivative of crassus “thick, dense, stout, heavy, deep, opaque”; see in-2, crass, -ate1

Other words from incrassate

  • in·cras·sa·tion, noun
  • in·cras·sa·tive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for incrassate

incrassate

adjective(ɪnˈkræsɪt, -eɪt) incrassated
  1. biology thickened or swollen: incrassate cell walls

  2. obsolete fattened or swollen

verb(ɪnˈkræseɪt)
  1. obsolete to make or become thicker

Origin of incrassate

1
C17: from Late Latin incrassāre, from Latin crassus thick, dense

Derived forms of incrassate

  • incrassation, noun

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