Incrassating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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           Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or
           incrassate.                              --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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           Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. --Sir
                                                    T. Browne.
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