† conspissationn.
Obsolete.
Thickening; condensation.
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conspissation1471
thickening1580
inspissation1603
incrassiona1618
incrassation1633
inviscation1633
incrassating1732
plastering1812
impastation1855
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy ix, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 176 By naturall conspysacyon Of thyngs dysseveryd, a dew redyntegracyon.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xiii For body's but this spirit, fixt, grosse by conspissation.
1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 230 The Cold of the Night..does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle.
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