inspissate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To thicken a fluid, in the sense of making it more viscous, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; to condense.
Of a fluid: to become more viscous.

/ɪnˈspɪ.seɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inspissate.wav

inspissate inspissates inspissating inspissated

Formed from Late Latin inspissātus (“thickened, having been made thick or thicker”), the perfect passive participle of inspissāre (“to thicken”).

reduce

inspissation inspissator inspissant spissated spissitude

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