incrassate

American  

[in-kras-eyt, in-kras-it, -eyt] / ɪnˈkræs eɪt, ɪnˈkræs ɪt, -eɪt /

verb (used with object)

incrassated, incrassating

1. Pharmacology. to make (a liquid) thicker by addition of another substance or by evaporation.

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adjective

1. Botany, Entomology. Also incrassated thickened or swollen.

incrassate British  

adjective

1. biology thickened or swollen

   incrassate cell walls

2. obsolete fattened or swollen

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verb

1. obsolete to make or become thicker

Other Word Forms

• incrassation noun
• incrassative adjective

Etymology

Origin of incrassate

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Latin incrassātus, past participle of incrassāre “to fatten, make thick,” derivative of crassus “thick, dense, stout, heavy, deep, opaque”; in- ², crass, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

How far the coagulating principle operateth in generation is evident from eggs wch will never incrassate without it.

From Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 by Bodemer, Charles W.

Abdomen ovate, the node of the peduncle elevated, incrassate, rounded anteriorly, and flat behind.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Abdomen ovate; the scale incrassate, armed above with two stout acute teeth.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

The scale of the petiole narrow, incrassate, its anterior margin slightly curved, its posterior margin straight; the abdomen ovate.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Closely resembling the female, but with the legs black; the posterior femora incrassate, the tibiæ narrow at their base and broadly dilated at their apex, which, as well as the calcaria, are pale testaceous.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various