Incrassate

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈkɹæseɪt/

Origin

From the participle stem of Latin incrassare, from in- + crassare ‘make thick’, from crassus.

Full definition of incrassate

Verb

1. (now rare) To thicken, condense.
• 1658: Some finde sepulchrall Vessels containing liquors, which time hath incrassated into gellies. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
• Sir Isaac NewtonAcids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate.

Adjective

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

Anagrams

• ascertains
• sectarians