inspissate

Definition of Inspissate in English :

1. inspissate, thicken

make viscous or dense

Example Sentences:
'thicken the sauce by adding flour'

2. inspissate, thicken

make thick or thicker

Example Sentences:
'Thicken the sauce'
'inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch'

3. inspissate, thicken

become thick or thicker

Example Sentences:
'The sauce thickened'
'The egg yolk will inspissate'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inspissate

verb

archaic

to thicken, as by evaporation

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: inˈspisˌsated or inˈspisˌsating

to thicken, as by evaporation; condense

intr. & tr.v. in·spis·sat·ed, in·spis·sat·ing, in·spis·sates

To undergo thickening or cause to thicken, as by boiling or evaporation; condense.