INSPISSATE


Meaning of INSPISSATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈspi-ˌsāt, ˈin(t)-spə-ˌsāt ]

transitive verb

( -sat·ed ; -sat·ing )

Etymology: Late Latin inspissatus, past participle of inspissare, from Latin in- + spissus slow, dense; akin to Greek spidnos compact, Lithuanian spisti to form a swarm

Date: 1626

: to make thick or thicker

• in·spis·sa·tion ˌin(t)-spə-ˈsā-shən, (ˌ)in-ˌspi-ˈsā- noun

• in·spis·sa·tor in-ˈspi-ˌsā-tər, ˈin(t)-spə-ˌsā- noun

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