
Meaning of INCRASSATE
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In*cras"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incrassated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Incrassating}.] [L. incrassatus, p. p. of
incrassare; pref. in- in + crassus thick.]
To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in
pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another
substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts.
Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or
incrassate. --Sir I.
Newton.
Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. --Sir
T. Browne.
\In*cras"sate\, v. i.
To become thick or thicker.
\In*cras"sate\, Incrassated \In*cras"sa*ted\, a. [L.
incrassatus, p. p.]
1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
2. (Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker. --Martyn.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the
antenn[ae] of certain insects.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Thickened; of a pollen grain, with thickened margins around the apertures. |
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