Incrassate
(In*cras"sate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incrassated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Incrassating.] [L. incrassatus,
p. p. of incrassare; pref. in- in + crassus thick.] 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. Incrassate
(In*cras"sate), v. i. To become thick or thicker.
Incrassate
(In*cras"sate In*cras"sa*ted) a. [L. incrassatus, p. p.]
1. Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
2. (Bot.) Thickened; becoming thicker. Martyn.
3. (Zoöl.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennæ of certain insects.
Incrassation
(In`cras*sa"tion) n. [Cf. F. incrassation.]
1. The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.
2. The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation. Sir T. Browne.
Incrassative
(In*cras"sa*tive) a. Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken. Harvey.
Incrassative
(In*cras"sa*tive), n. A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed
to thicken the humors. Harvey.
Increasable
(In*creas"a*ble) a. Capable of being increased. Sherwood. — In*creas"a*ble*ness, n.
An indefinite increasableness of some of our ideas.
Bp. Law. Increase
(In*crease") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Increased ; p. pr. & vb. n. Increasing.] [OE. incresen,
encresen, enrescen, OF. encreistre, fr. L. increscere; pref. in- in + crescere to grow. See Crescent,
and cf. Decrease.]
1. To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation,
wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; — opposed to decrease.
The waters increased and bare up the ark.
Gen. vii. 17.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
John iii. 30.
The heavens forbid
But that our loves and comforts should increase,
Even as our days do grow!
Shak. 2. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
Fishes are more numerous or increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn.
Sir M. Hale. 3. (Astron.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
Increasing function (Math.), a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases,
and decreases when the latter is diminished.
