thicken (v.)

  1. make thick or thicker; Thicken the sauce; inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch

    [ Syn: inspissate ]

  2. become thick or thicker; The sauce thickened; The egg yolk will inspissate

    [ Syn: inspissate ]

  3. make viscous or dense; thicken the sauce by adding flour

    [ Syn: inspissate ]

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