Conglutinate

4 definitions found

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

  Conglutinate \Con*glu"ti*nate\, a. [L. conglutinatus, p. p. of
     conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.]
     Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Conglutinate \Con*glu"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Conglutinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglutinating.]
     To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious
     substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.
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           Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated
           within three or four days.               --Boyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conglutinate \Con*glu"ti*nate\, v. i.
     To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to
     coalesce.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conglutinate
       v 1: cause to adhere; "The wounds were coapted" [syn: {coapt}]
       2: stick together; "the edges of the wound conglutinated"