n. [ L. conspissatio, fr. conspissare to make thick. ] A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inspissated p. pr. & vb. n. Inspissating ] [ L. inspissatus, p. p. of inspissare to thicken; pref. in- + spissare to thicken, fr. spissus thick. ] To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inspissatus, p. p. ] Thick or thickened; inspissated. Greenhill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. spissus. ] Thick; crowded; compact; dense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This spiss and . . . copious, yet concise, treatise. Brerewood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. spissitudo. ] The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]