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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·cras·sate In·cras·sa·ted a.
 1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
 2. Bot. Thickened; becoming thicker.
 3. Zool. Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennæ of certain insects.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·cras·sate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incrassated p. pr. & vb. n. Incrassating.]  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.