inspissate

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(ĭn-spĭs'āt', ĭn'spĭ-sāt') pronunciation
intr. & tr.v., -sat·ed, -sat·ing, -sates.
To undergo thickening or cause to thicken, as by boiling or evaporation; condense.

[From Late Latin īnspissāre, īnspissāt-, to thicken : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin spissus, thick.]

inspissation in'spis·sa'tion n.
inspissator in·spis'sa'tor n.

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verb

    To make thick or thicker, especially through evaporation or condensation: condense, thicken. See solid/liquid/consistency.

(ĭn-spĭs'āt', ĭn'spĭ-sāt')
v., -sat·ed, -sat·ing, -sates.

To undergo thickening or cause to thicken, as by evaporation or the absorption of fluid.

in'spis·sa'tion n.
in·spis'sa'tor n.
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to condense, thicken

Being thickened, dried, or made less fluid by evaporation.

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