Front | inspissate \in-SPIH-sayt or IN-spuh-sayt\ |
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Back | verb To thicken or condense. [From Latin inspissare (to thicken), from spissus (thick). Earliest documented use: 1603.] "These are flavors that have been inspissating in some timeless tandoor for hours, days -- decades." - Brad Leithauser; And an Outpost on Rodeo Drive; The New York Times; Mar 5, 1995. |
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