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inspissate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈspɪ.seɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To thicken a fluid, in the sense of making it more viscous, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; to condense.
    • Inspissate at 85°C (moist heat) for 45 min. 2004, Ronald M. Atlas, Handbook of Microbiological Media, page 937:
  2. (intransitive) Of a fluid: to become more viscous.
    • Instead of allowing the juice after the incision to inspissate on the capsule, he collected it immediately, and dried it by artificial heat. 1858, George Bacon Wood, Franklin Bache, The dispensatory of the United States of America, page 551:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
inspissated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inspissated Tense=Past lexicographic
inspissating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inspissates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

inspissator · inspissant · spissitude · inspissation · spissated

Synonyms

reduce (to thicken)