thicken Copy link Outline I. To make thick1. denso, no pf., 1, or denseo, no pf., 2 (the former in Liv.2. spisso, 13. crasso, 14. cōgo, coēgi, coactum, 3 (to condense)5. obdūro, 1 (to hardenII. To grow thick1. expr. by some of the preced. verbs in the pass. or with pron. refl. (which is sometimes omitted)2. or by an incept. verb • thicken: I. To make thick: 1. denso, no pf., 1, or denseo, no pf., 2 (the former in Liv.: Quint.: Virg.: the latter in Lucr.: Hor.: Tac.: Virg. and late Latin): to t. what was just now thin, d. erant rara quae modo, Virg. G. 1, 419: to t. milk into butter, d. lac in butyrum, Plin. 11, 41, 96. The comp. condenso, 1, is to press close together. 2. spisso, 1: to t. milk, Plin. 11, 41, 90: the comps. conspisso, inspisso, occur only in the part.: t.'d soil, conspissatum solum, Col. 2, 18, 5: flesh t.'d as in warts, caro inspissata quomodo in verrucis, Veget. Vet. 2, 30, 1. 3. crasso, 1: hairs are t.'d into bristles, pili crassantur in setas, App. M. 3, p. 139: Cael. Aur. has crassĭfĭco, 1. 4. cōgo, coēgi, coactum, 3 (to condense): to t. milk by cold, c. lac frigore, Virg. G. 4, 35: Plin. 5. obdūro, 1 (to harden: cook's t. t.): Apic.: v. harden. II. To grow thick: 1. expr. by some of the preced. verbs in the pass. or with pron. refl. (which is sometimes omitted): the darkness t.s, densantur tenebrae, Virg. G. 1, 248: they do not allow the roots to t., non sinunt radices condensare (sc. se), Col. 2, 18, 6. 2. or by an incept. verb: as crassesco, 3: wine t.s, crassescit vinum, Plin. 23, 1, 22: Col.: spissesco, 3: the cloud t.s, spissescit nubes, Lucr. 6, 176: dūresco, dūrui, 3: Cic.: Virg.: v. harden: crebresco, 3, is used only fig. of reports or rumours.