incrassative
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
incrassate + -ive
Noun[edit]
incrassative (plural incrassatives)
- A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
- 1666, G. Harvey, Morbus Anglicus:
- Incrassatives to thicken the blood.
Adjective[edit]
incrassative (comparative more incrassative, superlative most incrassative)
- Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.
- 1853, Edward Hamilton, The Flora Homoeopathica:
- Its juice is very congealing, incrassative, and desiccative.
References[edit]
- “incrassative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.