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Webster 1913 Edition
Incrassate
In-cras′sate
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incrassate
INCRAS'SATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make thick or thicker; to thicken; the contrary to attenuate.2.
In pharmacy, to make fluids thicker by the mixture of other substances less fluid, or by evaporating the thinner parts. Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate.
INCRAS'SATE
,Verb.
I.