Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Inspissate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
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"
4
To thicken, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; condense.
Example Sentences
"thicken the sauce by adding flour"
verb
"Thicken the sauce"
verb
"inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
verb
"The sauce thickened"
verb
"The egg yolk will inspissate"
verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)