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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

inspissate
    v 1: make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
         [syn: thicken, inspissate]
    2: make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the
       tar so that it becomes pitch" [syn: thicken, inspissate]
       [ant: thin]
    3: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk
       will inspissate" [syn: thicken, inspissate] [ant: thin]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inspissate \In*spis"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inspissated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Inspissating.] [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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inspissate \In*spis"sate\, a. [L. inspissatus, p. p.]
   Thick or thickened; inspissated. --Greenhill.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for inspissate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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