conglutinate
English
Etymology 1
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəŋˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
conglutinate (third-person singular simple present conglutinates, present participle conglutinating, simple past and past participle conglutinated) (ambitransitive)
- To stick or glue together.
- Synonyms: adhere, cling, stick, agglutinate, gum, paste, see also Thesaurus:adhere
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To join together, to unite.
- Synonyms: join, knit, see also Thesaurus:join
- 1671, Robert Boyle, Considerations touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy, Part II:
- Bones […] have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle English conglutinat(e), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəŋˈɡluːtɪnət/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
conglutinate (not comparable)
- Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Related terms
- agglutinate
- conglutinate
- gluten
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
conglutinate
- inflection of conglutinare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
conglutinate f pl
- feminine plural of conglutinato
Latin
Verb
conglūtināte
- second-person plural present active imperative of conglūtinō