How do you pronounce incrustate?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪŋˈkɹʌsteɪt/.

Where does incrustate come from?

First known use: First attested in 1570.

incrustate

/ɪŋˈkɹʌsteɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-crus-tate
IPA: /ɪŋˈkɹʌsteɪt/

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Meaning

verb

To encrust.

Archaic

adj

Encrusted

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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 Vortex, then it vvou'd deſcend tovvard the Sun, till it met vvith Globules of the ſame Solidity, and capable of the ſame degree of Motion vvith it, and being fixt there, it vvou'd for ever be carried about by the Motion of the Vortex, vvithout either approaching to, or receding from the Sun, and ſo become a Planet."
"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 the ſides of all their holes vvith a ſmooth teſtaceous ſubſtance[…]."
"the finer part will be turned into air , and the grosser stick as it were baked , and incrustate upon the sides of the vessel"

Etymology

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.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1570

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

incrustates (present, singular) incrustating (participle, present) incrustated (participle, past) incrustated (past) more incrustate (comparative) most incrustate (superlative)