Definition of thicken

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Thicken (v. t.) To strengthen; to confirm.

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Seminose :: Seminose (n.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste..
Inspissate :: Inspissate (a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.
Coagulation :: Coagulation (n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification..
Incrassate :: Incrassate (v. t.) To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts..
Torus :: Torus (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Thickened; becoming thicker.
Spissitude :: Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened..
Inspissation :: Inspissation (n.) The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened..
Sclerogen :: Sclerogen (n.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.
Inspissate :: Inspissate (v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation..
Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows..
Clitellus :: Clitellus (n.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes..
Black Pudding :: Black pudding () A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal..
Wart :: Wart (n.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them..
Incrassative :: Incrassative (a.) Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.
Curdle :: Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..
Curdle :: Curdle (v. t.) To congeal or thicken.
Clot :: Clot (v. i.) To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod..
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