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Inspissate

//ɪnˈspɪ.seɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To thicken a fluid, in the sense of making it more viscous, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; to condense. transitive

    "Inspissate at 85°C (moist heat) for 45 min."

  2. 2
    become thick or thicker wordnet
  3. 3
    Of a fluid: to become more viscous. intransitive

    "Instead of allowing the juice after the incision to inspissate on the capsule, he collected it immediately, and dried it by artificial heat."

  4. 4
    make thick or thicker wordnet
  5. 5
    make viscous or dense wordnet

Etymology

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

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