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Incrassate

In·cras'sāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INCRASSATED; p. pr. & vb. n. INCRASSATING.] [Lat. incrassare, incrassatum, from prefix in and crassus, thick; Sp. incrassar, Fr. incrasser.]

To make thick or thicker: to thicken.
(Pharmacy.) To make thicker by the mixture of other substances less fluid, or by evaporating the thinner parts;—said of fluids.

Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate. Newton.

In-crās'sāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To become thick or thicker.

In-crās'sate or In-crās'sā-ted, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. incrassatus, p. p. of incrassare. See supra.]

Made thick or fat; thickened; inspissated.
(Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn.