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incrassation

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in⋅cras⋅sate

  [v. in-kras-eyt; adj. in-kras-it, -eyt] verb, -sat⋅ed, -sat⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. Pharmacology. to make (a liquid) thicker by addition of another substance or by evaporation.
–adjective
2. Also, in⋅cras⋅sat⋅ed. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
Origin:
1595–1605; < LL incrassātus ptp. of incrassāre to fatten, make thick. See in- 2 , crass, -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅cras⋅sa⋅tion, noun
in⋅cras⋅sa⋅tive, adjective
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