incrustate
/ɪŋˈkɹʌsteɪt/
incrustate verb: to encrust.
Verb
incrustate (third-person singular simple present incrustates, present participle incrustating, simple past and past participle incrustated)
- To encrust.
- Novv ſhou'd it happen that any of theſe Sun-like Bodies in the Centers of the ſeveral Vortices ſhou'd be ſo incruſtated and vveaken'd, as to be carried about in the Vortex of the true Sun, if it vvere of leſs Solidity, or leſs capable of Motion than the Globules, tovvards the extremity of the Solar...1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Physical Laws, and the Uniform Appearances of Nature. Law III. Corollary V.”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: […] George Strahan […], →OCLC...
- The Ship-VVorm of Jamaica. This inſect is extremely deſtructive to all the ſhips that anchor for any time in the harbours of Jamaica, or in any other part vvithin the tropics: They cut vvith great facility through the planks, and burrovv a conſiderable vvay in the ſubſtance of them, incruſtating...1756, Patrick Browne, “Of Insects”, in The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica. […], London: […] T[homas] Osborne, and J. Shipton, […], →OCLC, part II, book III, class I, section II, order IV, page...
Adjective
incrustate (comparative more incrustate, superlative most incrustate)
- Encrusted
- the finer part will be turned into air , and the grosser stick as it were baked , and incrustate upon the sides of the vessel1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...
Forms of incrustate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | incrustates |
| present participle | incrustating |
| past participle | incrustated |
| past | incrustated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more incrustate |
| superlative | most incrustate |
Origin of incrustate
First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin incrustātus, perfect passive participle of incrustō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of encrust.
Questions about incrustate
- What does incrustate mean?
- Incrustate means to encrust.
- What part of speech is incrustate?
- Incrustate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce incrustate?
- Incrustate is pronounced /ɪŋˈkɹʌsteɪt/.
- What is the past tense of incrustate?
- The past tense of incrustate is incrustated.
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