Agglutinate
to unite or cause to adhere, as with glue.
Immunology. to clump or cause to clump, as bacteria or blood platelets.
Linguistics. to form by .
united by or as by glue.
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Historical Examples
Concentrated sulphuric acid causes it to agglutinate into resin-like lumps, with the accession of an intense blood-red colour.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley
At any rate, the agglutinate character of the language is indicated.
Opuscula Robert Gordon Latham
To the agglutinate languages belong the American and Turanian families.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 Hubert Howe Bancroft
The mixture is then gently heated to drive off the excess of sulphuretted hydrogen and to agglutinate the sulphur.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley
One or two instances may suffice to show the agglutinate character of the language.
The First Landing on Wrangel Island Irving C. Rosse
This serves to agglutinate it into the form of concretions, constituting the tapioca of commerce.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom P. L. Simmonds
agglutinate languages, languages composed of parts which are words glued together, so to speak, as cowherd.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia Edited by Rev. James Wood
Undiluted normal blood can agglutinate most bacteria, but loses this power when diluted to any considerable degree.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis James Campbell Todd
verb (əˈɡluːtɪˌneɪt)
to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue
(linguistics) to combine or be combined by agglutination
(transitive) to cause (bacteria, red blood cells, etc) to clump together
adjective (əˈɡluːtɪnɪt; -ˌneɪt)
united or stuck, as by glue
v.
1580s (from 1540s as a past participle adjective), from Latin agglutinatus, past participle of agglutinare (see agglutination). Related: Agglutinated; agglutinating.
agglutinate ag·glu·ti·nate (ə-glōōt’n-āt’)
v. ag·glu·ti·nat·ed, ag·glu·ti·nat·ing, ag·glu·ti·nates
To clump together; undergo agglutination.
To cause substances, such as bacteria, to clump together.
n.
See agglutination.
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