Conspissation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thickening or making viscous; thickness obsolete, uncountable

    "Of universall life each thing's deriv'd Whater'e appeareth in corporeall fashion; For body's but this spirit, fixt, grosse by conspissation"

  2. 2
    - 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason: The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle. uncountable
  3. 3
    - 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason: The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle.; 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason uncountable
  4. 4
    - 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason: The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle.; The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle. uncountable

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inspissation

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"Of universall life each thing's deriv'd Whater'e appeareth in corporeall fashion; For body's but this spirit, fixt, grosse by conspissation"

Etymology

From Latin conspissatio, from inspissare (“to make thick”).

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