make+dense

  • 21condensate — (v.) 1550s, to make dense, from condensus, pp. of L. condensare (see CONDENSE (Cf. condense)). Meaning to become dense is from c.1600 …

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  • 22condense — I. v. a. 1. Compress, consolidate, concentrate; make dense, compact, or close; press together. 2. Abridge, abbreviate, shorten, epitomize, reduce, diminish, contract, curtail. 3. Reduce to a liquid state, liquefy. II. v. n. 1. Grow dense. 2.… …

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  • 23inspissate — /ɪnˈspɪseɪt/ (say in spisayt) verb (inspissated, inspissating) Medicine –verb (t) 1. to thicken, as by evaporation; make dense. –verb (i) 2. to become dense. {Late Latin inspissātus, past participle} –inspissation /ɪnspɪsˈeɪʃən/ (say inspis… …

  • 24steu̯ǝ- —     steu̯ǝ     English meaning: to get dense or tight     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich verdichten, sich ballen”     Note: perhaps stüu , stǝu : stū̆ with stüi : stī̆ : sti̯ ü ‘sich verdichten, stocken” as extension eines *stü auffaßbar… …

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  • 25densen — sən verb (densened ; densened ; densening s(ə)niŋ ; densens) transitive verb : to make dense intransitive verb : to become dense …

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  • 26Puddle — Pud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puddling}.] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). [1913 Webster] Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) …

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  • 27Puddled — Puddle Pud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puddling}.] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). [1913 Webster] Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28Puddled steel — Puddle Pud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puddling}.] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). [1913 Webster] Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 29Puddling — Puddle Pud dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puddling}.] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). [1913 Webster] Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 30constrict — I (compress) verb abbreviate, abridge, astringe, bind, capsulize, cause to contract, clench, coarct, compact, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constnnge, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, draw together, make brief, make dense, make smaller …

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