conspissation

noun — 4 senses

conspissation

noun

Etymology From Latin conspissatio, from inspissare (“to make thick”).

1

Obsolete A thickening or making viscous; thickness

  • Of universall life each thing's deriv'd Whater'e appeareth in corporeall fashion; For body's but this spirit, fixt, grosse by conspissation1647, Henry More, Infinitie of Worlds:
2

- 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason: The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle.

3

1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason

4

The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle.

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