15 July 2016

inspissate

[in-spis-eyt]

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verb (used with or without object), inspissated, inspissating.

1. to thicken, as by evaporation; make or become dense.

Origin of inspissate

Late Latin

1620-1630; < Late Latin inspissātus past participle of inspissāre to thicken, equivalent to Latin in- in-2+ spissā (re) to thicken (derivative of spissus thick) + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

inspissation, noun
inspissator, noun
noninspissating, adjective
uninspissated, adjective

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