coagulate

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin coāgulō, coāgulātus, from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle.

Pronunciation

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

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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.

Antonyms

• dissolve, melt

Derived terms

• coagulable
• coagulation
• coagulant

Related terms

• coagulum
• cache
• cogent
• squat

Translations

Adjective

coagulate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Coagulated.
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     c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 460:

     roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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

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Noun

coagulate (plural coagulates)

1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.

Translations

References

• “coagulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “coagulate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “coagulate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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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