inspissate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=spis=sate

CIDE DICTIONARY

inspissate, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]

inspissate, a. [L. inspissatus, p. p.].

 Thick or thickened; inspissated.  Greenhill.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inspissate, v.tr. literary thicken; condense.

Derivative

inspissation n.

Etymology

LL inspissare inspissat- (as IN-(2), L spissus thick)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

inspissate

Density

VB be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.

Semiliquidity

VB inspissate, incrassate, thicken, mash, squash, churn, beat up, sinter.