adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To thicken, condense. ambitransitive, archaic

   "Some finde sepulchrall Vessels containing liquors, which time hath incrassated into gellies."

Adjective

1. 1
   Made thick or thicker; swelled out at some particular part, like the antennae of certain insects, or the leaves of the house-leek.

Synonyms

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Example

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"Some finde sepulchrall Vessels containing liquors, which time hath incrassated into gellies."

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin incrassare, from in- + crassare ‘make thick’, from crassus.

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