单词 | inspissate |
释义 | † inspissateadj. Obsolete. Inspissated, thickened. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > thickened viscatec1400 inspissate1603 incrassate1608 thickened?1611 inspissated1655 spissated1727 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1006 The aire of rivers being always grosse and heavy, in Winter is more inspissate by reason of the circumstant cold. 1657 Physical Dict. Inspissate juyce, is the juyce of some herb boyled to the thickness of honey. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory i. i. 14 Much safer for Horses..than Scammony, and other Gums and inspissate Juices. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). inspissatev. 1. transitive. To thicken, condense. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > make viscous or thicken [verb (transitive)] engleima1387 inviscatec1400 treaclec1500 mud1593 incrassate1601 inspissate1626 glutinize1750 syrup1847 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §726 The Sugar doth inspissate the Spirits of the Wine, and maketh them not so easie to resolue into Vapour. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 141 Manna is first a liquid dew, and after inspissated by a vertue of the tree, or plant on which it falls. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §16 Pitch is tar inspissated. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) x. 170 Whatever tends to inspissate sap..has the property of causing..flower-buds to be produced. 2. intransitive. To become thick or dense, to thicken. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > become viscous or thicken [verb (intransitive)] thicka1000 encrass1611 inspissate1756 plaster1812 viscidize1859 gum1874 1756 J. Wathen in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 214 It is..liable to inspissate by heat. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xvii. 225 Until the yolk..has time to inspissate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603v.1626 |
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