Part 5720

<h1>Incrassate</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*cras"sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Incrassated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Incrassating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>incrassatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>incrassare</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>crassus</ets> thick.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or <b>incrassate</b>. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Liquors which time hath <b>incrassated</b> into jellies. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incrassate</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*cras"sate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become thick or thicker.</def>

<h1>Incrassate, Incrassated</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw><hw>In*cras"sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*cras"sa*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incrassatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Thickened; becoming thicker.</def>

<i>Martyn.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Swelled out on some particular part, as the antenn\'91 of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Incrassation</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In`cras*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incrassation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Incrassative</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*cras"sa*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.</def>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Incrassative</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*cras"sa*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humors.</def>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Increasable</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*creas"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being increased.</def> <i>Sherwood</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In*creas"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>An indefinite <b>increasableness</b> of some of our ideas. <i>Bp. Law.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Increase</h1> <Xpage=748>

<hw>In*crease"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Increased</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Increasing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>incresen</ets>, <ets>encresen</ets>, <ets>enrescen</ets>, OF. <ets>encreistre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>increscere</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>crescere</ets> to grow. See <er>Crescent</er>, and cf. <er>Decrease</er>.]</ety>