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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. 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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. i.
     To undergo coagulation. --Boyle.
  
     Syn: To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, a. [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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coagulate
       adj : transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
             mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous
             blood" [syn: {coagulated}, {curdled}, {grumous}, {grumose}]
       v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
            "coagulated blood" [syn: {clot}]
       2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
          [syn: {clot}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "coagulate":
     Devonshire cream, adhere, agglomerate, beat up, blood clot,
     bonnyclabber, bunch, cake, casein, churn, clabber, clasp, cleave,
     clinch, cling, cling to, clot, clotted cream, clump, cluster,
     coagulum, coalesce, cohere, colloid, colloidize, compact,
     concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, conglomerate,
     consolidate, crassamentum, cream, curd, curdle, dehydrate, dry,
     embolus, embrace, emulsify, emulsionize, freeze, freeze to, gel,
     gelatinate, gelatinize, grasp, grow together, grume, hang on,
     hang together, harden, hold, hold on, hold together, hug,
     incrassate, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, knot, legumin,
     lopper, loppered milk, lump, mass, paracasein, persist, set,
     solidify, stay, stay put, stick, stick together, take hold of,
     thick, thicken, thrombus, whip
  
  

















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