transitive verb, intransitive verb inspissated, inspissating
Origin: < LL inspissatus, thick < L in-, in + spissatus, pp. of spissare, to thicken < spissus, thick < IE base *spei-, to flourish, grow fat > speed, Ger speck, bacon
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intr. & tr.v. in·spis·sat·ed, in·spis·sat·ing, in·spis·sates
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Origin: From Late Latin īnspissāre, īnspissāt-, to thicken
Origin: : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2
Origin: + Latin spissus, thick
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