incrassative
English
Etymology
incrassate + -ive
Noun
incrassative (plural incrassatives)
- A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
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Adjective
incrassative (comparative more incrassative, superlative most incrassative)
- Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for incrassative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)