coagulate
Meanings
Plural: coagulates
Verb
- change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- "coagulated blood"
- cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
- To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
- To cause to congeal.
Adjective Satellite
- transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
- "coagulated blood"
Adj
- Coagulated.
Noun
- A mass formed by means of coagulation.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English coagulaten (“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”), from coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”, also used as the past participle of coagulaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin coāgulātus, the perfect passive participle of coāgulō (“to curdle, coagulate”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”) + -ulum (forms instrument nouns), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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