Definition of "inspissation" [in•spis•sa•tion]

• The act of thickening. The process by which something is inspissated. (noun)

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• "When cold, it should have a density of about 1.38, and mark the 38th degree of Baume's hydrometer; beyond which point of inspissation it would be dangerous to go."
• "There was no mystery as to its genesis in either region, as it had been shown to be the result of inspissation of"
• "As I returned, there was, in the phraseology of that most precise of prigs in a white collarless coat and _chapeau bas_, Mister Commissary Ramsay -- "a rather dense inspissation of rain.""