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

Abdomen very smooth and shining; the node of the petiole incrassate and tapering upwards into an acute spine.

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

Very closely resembling the female, but rather smaller; the anterior and intermediate femora more incrassate, and all the femora with a simple row of teeth or serrations on their inferior margins.

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

Abdomen ovate, the scale of the petiole incrassate and slightly notched above.

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