conglutinate

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English

Etymology

An adaptation of conglūtināt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin conglūtinō. Compare the French conglutiner.

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /kəŋˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
  • (adjective) IPA(key): /kəŋˈɡluːtɪnət/

Verb

conglutinate (third-person singular simple present conglutinates, present participle conglutinating, simple past and past participle conglutinated) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. To stick or glue together.
  2. To join together; to unite.
    • 1671, Robert Boyle, Considerations touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy, Part II:
      Bones […] have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days.

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Adjective

conglutinate (not comparable)

  1. Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

conglutinate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

conglutinate f pl

  1. feminine plural of conglutinato

Latin

Verb

conglūtināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of conglūtinō
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