INSPISSATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inspissate mean? 

• INSPISSATE (verb)
  The verb INSPISSATE has 3 senses:

1. make viscous or dense

2. make thick or thicker

3. become thick or thicker

  Familiarity information: INSPISSATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSPISSATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they inspissate    ... he / she / it inspissates   
Past simple: inspissated   
Past participle: inspissated   
-ing form: inspissating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make viscous or dense

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

inspissate; thicken

Context example:

thicken the sauce by adding flour

Hypernyms (to "inspissate" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

inspissation (the act of thickening)

inspissation (the process of thickening by dehydration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make thick or thicker

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

inspissate; thicken

Context example:

inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch

Hypernyms (to "inspissate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

inspissate; thicken (become thick or thicker)

Verb group:

inspissate; thicken (become thick or thicker)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

inspissation (the act of thickening)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become thick or thicker

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

inspissate; thicken

Context example:

The egg yolk will inspissate

Hypernyms (to "inspissate" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Verb group:

inspissate; thicken (make thick or thicker)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

inspissation (the act of thickening)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of inspissated bile plugs in the bile ducts.

(Inspissated Bile Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Yellow pigmentation of the skin, mucous membranes and eyes due to hyperbilirubinemia caused by inspissated bile plugs in the bile ducts during the perinatal period.

(Perinatal Jaundice due to Inspissated Bile Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)