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inspissate

  (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.

 

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

 
Obscure Words: inspissate


to condense, thicken
 
 

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