conglutinate

verb, adj — 3 senses

conglutinate

verb

/kəŋˈɡluːtɪneɪt/

Etymology Inherited from Middle English conglutinaten (“(of a wound, broken bone, etc.) to knit, close up; to fasten; (figurative) to unite”), from conglutinat(e) (used as the past participle of conglutinaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin conglūtinātus, the perfect passive participle of conglūtinō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French conglutiner.

1

Ambitransitive To stick or glue together.

2

Ambitransitive To join together, to unite.

  • Bones […] have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days.1671, Robert Boyle, Considerations touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy, Part II:
Derived terms
unconglutinated

conglutinate

adj

/kəŋˈɡluːtɪnət/

Etymology Inherited from Middle English conglutinat(e), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

1

Ambitransitive Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

Related terms
agglutinate, gluten

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