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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. make viscous or dense;
- Example: "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
[syn: thicken, inspissate]

2. make thick or thicker;
- Example: "Thicken the sauce"
- Example: "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
[syn: thicken, inspissate]

3. become thick or thicker;
- Example: "The sauce thickened"
- Example: "The egg yolk will inspissate"
[syn: thicken, inspissate]


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]
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]
WordNet (r) 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]