Inspissate Definition

inspissate
verb
  1. make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
  2. make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
  3. become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"

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