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Incrassate

Incrassate \In*cras"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incrassated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incrassating.] [L. incrassatus, p. p. of incrassare; pref. in- in + crassus thick.] 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.

Incrassate

Incrassate \In*cras"sate\, v. i. To become thick or thicker.

Incrassate

Incrassate \In*cras"sate\, Incrassated \In*cras"sa*ted\, a. [L. incrassatus, p. p.]

  1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.

  2. (Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker.
    --Martyn.

  3. (Zo["o]l.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antenn[ae] of certain insects.

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incrassate
  1. (context botany zoology English) Made thick or thicker; swelled out at some particular part, like the antennae of certain insects. v

  2. (context now rare English) To thicken, condense.