Found 2 items, similar to Inspissating.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inspissate
inspissate
v 1: make viscous or dense;
“thicken the sauce by adding flour”
[syn:
thicken]
2: make thick or thicker;
“Thicken the sauce”;
“inspissate the
tar so that it becomes pitch” [syn:
thicken] [ant:
thin]
3: become thick or thicker;
“The sauce thickened”;
“The egg
yolk will inspissate” [syn:
thicken] [ant:
thin]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inspissating
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.
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