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Incrassation

Incrassation \In`cras*sa"tion\, n. [Cf. F. incrassation.]

  1. The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.

  2. The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation.
    --Sir T. Browne.

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incrassation

n. 1 The process of thickening. 2 A thickening or swelling.

Usage examples of "incrassation".

And even that seeds themselves in their rudimentall discoveries, appear in foliaceous surcles, or sprouts within their coverings, in a diaphanous gellie, before deeper incrassation, is also visibly verified in Cherries, Acorns, Plums.