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Webster 1913 Edition

Coagulate

Co-ag′u-late

,
Adj.
[L.
coagulatus
, p. p. of
coagulare
to coagulate, fr.
coagulum
means of coagulation, fr.
cogere
,
coactum
, to drive together, coagulate. See
Cogent
.]
Coagulated.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Co-ag′u-late

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coagulated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Coagulating
.]
To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle;
as, rennet
coagulates
milk; heat
coagulates
the white of an egg
.
Syn. – To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.

Webster 1828 Edition

Coagulate

COAGULATE

,
Verb.
T.
To concrete; to curdle; to congeal; to change from a fluid into a fixed substance, or solid mass; as, to coagulate blood; rennet coagulates milk. This word is generally applied to the change of fluids into substances like curd or butter, of a moderate consistence, but not hard or impenetrable.

COAGULATE

,
Verb.
I.
To curdle or congeal; to turn from a fluid into a consistent state, or fixed substance; to thicken.

Definition 2024

coagulate

coagulate

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/

Verb

coagulate ‎(third-person singular simple present coagulates, present participle coagulating, simple past and past participle coagulated)

  1. (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
    In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
  2. (transitive) To cause to congeal.
    Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
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Adjective

coagulate ‎(not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Coagulated.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈæɡ.jə.lət/

Noun

coagulate ‎(plural coagulates)

  1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.
Translations

References

  • coagulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • coagulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • coagulate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

coagulate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of coagulare
  2. second-person plural imperative of coagulare
  3. feminine plural of coagulato

Latin

Verb

coāgulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coāgulō

Etymology

From Latin coāgulō ‎(“I curdle”), from coāgulum ‎(“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō ‎(“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- ‎(“together”) + agō ‎(“do, make, drive”).

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