Home › Words › I › incrustateincrustate/ɪŋˈkɹʌsteɪt/incrustate means encrusted.incrustate is pronounced /ɪŋˈkɹʌsteɪt/.EtymologyFirst 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.adjEncrustede.g.“the finer part will be turned into air , and the grosser stick as it were baked , and incrustate upon the sides of the vessel” — 1627 (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 LverbTo encrust.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).