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inspissate

/ɪnˈspɪ.seɪt/

inspissate verb: to thicken a fluid, in the sense of making it more viscous, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; to condense.

Verb

inspissate (third-person singular simple present inspissates, present participle inspissating, simple past and past participle inspissated)

  1. (transitive) To thicken a fluid, in the sense of making it more viscous, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; to condense.
    • Inspissate at 85°C (moist heat) for 45 min.2004, Ronald M. Atlas, Handbook of Microbiological Media, page 937
    Synonyms:
    reduce
  2. (intransitive) Of a fluid: to become more viscous.
    • Instead of allowing the juice after the incision to inspissate on the capsule, he collected it immediately, and dried it by artificial heat.1858, George Bacon Wood, Franklin Bache, The dispensatory of the United States of America, page 551

inspissate meaning in Urdu and Bengali

inspissate in Urdu

گاڑھا کرنا

inspissate in Bengali

কোনো তরলকে ঘন করা, বাষ্পীভবন, ঘনীভবনের মাধ্যমে, ঘনীভূত করা

Synonyms of inspissate

Forms of inspissate

third-person singular presentinspissates
present participleinspissating
past participleinspissated
pastinspissated

Origin of inspissate

Formed from Late Latin inspissātus (“thickened, having been made thick or thicker”), the perfect passive participle of inspissāre (“to thicken”).

Questions about inspissate

What does inspissate mean?
Inspissate means to thicken a fluid, in the sense of making it more viscous, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; to condense.
What is inspissate in Urdu?
Inspissate in Urdu is گاڑھا کرنا. See Inspissate meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is inspissate?
Inspissate is a verb.
How do you pronounce inspissate?
Inspissate is pronounced /ɪnˈspɪ.seɪt/.
What is the past tense of inspissate?
The past tense of inspissate is inspissated.

Words near inspissate in the dictionary

  1. inspirits
  2. inspirometer
  3. inspirometers
  4. inspissant
  5. inspissants
  6. inspissate
  7. inspissated
  8. inspissates
  9. inspissating
  10. inspissation
  11. inspissations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inspissate (page history and authors); inspissate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inspissate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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