About The Word Inspissate
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Inspissate
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What's The Definition Of Inspissate?
[v] become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
[v] make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" [v] make viscous or dense, as of liquids Synonyms | Synonyms for Inspissate: thicken Related Terms | Find terms related to Inspissate: beat up | cake | caked | cakey | churn | clabber | clabbered | clot | clotted | clump | cluster | coagulate | coagulated | colloid | colloidize | concrete | congeal | congealed | cream | curd | curded | curdle | curdled | emulsify | emulsionize | fatten | gel | gelatinate | gelatinize | gelatinized | grow thick | grumous | incrassate | inspissated | jell | jelled | jellied | jellify | jelly | knot | lopper | lump | lumpish | lumpy | set | thick | thicken | thickened | whip See Also | alter | change | change integrity | change state | turn Inspissate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\In*spis"sate\, a. [L. inspissatus, p. p.] Thick or thickened; inspissated. --Greenhill. |
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