coagulate

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English

Etymology 1

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.

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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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Etymology 2

From Middle English 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 and of coagulate in Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Adjective

coagulate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Coagulated.

Etymology 3

From New Latin coāgulātum, substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of coāgulātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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Noun

coagulate (plural coagulates)

  1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.
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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

coagulate

  1. inflection of coagulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

coagulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of coagulato

Latin

Verb

coāgulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coāgulō

Spanish

Verb

coagulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of coagular combined with te