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in⋅spis⋅sate

   [in-spis-eyt]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -sat⋅ed, -sat⋅ing.
to thicken, as by evaporation; make or become dense.
Origin:
1620–30; < LL inspissātus ptp. of inspissāre to thicken, equiv. to L in- in- 2 + spissā(re) to thicken (deriv. of spissus thick) + -tus ptp. suffix
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in·spis·sate     (ĭn-spĭs'āt', ĭn'spĭ-sāt')  Pronunciation Key 
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.


[From Late Latin īnspissāre, īnspissāt-, to thicken : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin spissus, thick.]

in'spis·sa'tion n., in·spis'sa'tor n.
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