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adj
Made thick or thicker; swelled out at some particular part, like the antennae of certain insects, or the leaves of the houseleek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To thicken, condense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, archaic
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History
From the participle stem of Latin incrassare, from in- + crassare ‘make thick’, from crassus.
