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inspissate

ins·pis·sate

UK/ɪnˈspɪ.seɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

make viscous or dense

  • “thicken the sauce by adding flour”
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2.

make thick or thicker

  • “Thicken the sauce”
  • “inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch”
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3.

become thick or thicker

  • “The sauce thickened”
  • “The egg yolk will inspissate”
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Origin

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

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