incrassate
12 points
English
10 letters
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Definitions
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.
To become thick or thicker.
Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn. 3. (Zoöl.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennæ of certain insects.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Crossword clues
- “To become thick or thicker.” web-def