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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Incrassate

· In·cras·sate · IPA /ɪnˈkɹæseɪt/
01 v. t. To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating…
imp. & p. p. Incrassated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incrassating
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. i. To become thick or thicker.
  1. 1.
    To become thick or thicker.
03 a. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
  1. 1.
    Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
  2. 2.
    Thickened; becoming thicker.(Bot.)
  3. 3.
    Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennæ of certain insects.(Zool.)