coagulate
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin coāgulō, coāgulātus, from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
- In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
- (transitive) To cause to congeal.
- Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
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Translations
become congealed
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cause to congeal
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Adjective
coagulate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Coagulated.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, II. ii. 460:
- roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, II. ii. 460:
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
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Noun
coagulate (plural coagulates)
- A mass formed by means of coagulation.
Translations
mass formed by means of coagulation
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References
- “coagulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “coagulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “coagulate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Italian
Verb
coagulate
- second-person plural present indicative of coagulare
- second-person plural imperative of coagulare
- feminine plural of coagulato
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) coāgulāte
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