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English Dictionary: inspissate by the DICT Development Group
3 results for inspissate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inspissate
v
  1. make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
    Synonym(s): thicken, inspissate
  2. make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
    Synonym(s): thicken, inspissate
    Antonym(s): thin
  3. become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
    Synonym(s): thicken, inspissate
    Antonym(s): thin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inspissate \In*spis"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inspissated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Inspissating}.] [L. inspissatus, p. p. of
      inspissare to thicken; pref. in- + spissare to thicken, fr.
      spissus thick.]
      To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by
      evaporation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inspissate \In*spis"sate\, a. [L. inspissatus, p. p.]
      Thick or thickened; inspissated. --Greenhill.
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