conspissation

noun

1. A thickening or making viscous; thickness

   obsolete, uncountable

   For body's but this spirit, fixt, grosse by conspissation

   Of universall life each thing's deriv'd Whater'e appeareth in corporeall fashion;

2. - 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason: The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle.

   uncountable

3. - 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason: The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle. — 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason

   uncountable

4. - 1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason: The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle. — The Cold of the Night[…]does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle.

   uncountable

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry conspissation (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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