CONCASSER
\kənkˈasə], \kənkˈasə], \k_ə_n_k_ˈa_s_ə]\
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(F.) from conquassare, (com and quassare, "to shake much,") "to break to pieces;" "to comminute." To reduce roots woods, &c. into small fragments, in order that their active principles may be more readily separated from them.
By Robley Dunglison
