conglutinate

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/kəŋˈɡluːtɪneɪt//kəŋˈɡluːtɪnət/

verb

To stick or glue together.

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adhereclingstickagglutinategumpastejoinknit
OriginMiddle English conglutinaten ← Latin conglūtinātus →
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Meanings

conglutinate1

verbconglutinate (third-person singular simple present conglutinates, present participle conglutinating, simple past and past participle conglutinated)

present singular third person conglutinates · participle present conglutinating · participle past conglutinated · past conglutinated

  1. ambitransitiveTo stick or glue together.

    Synonyms: adhere, cling, stick, agglutinate, gum, paste

  2. ambitransitiveTo join together, to unite.

    Bones […] have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days.

    1671, Robert Boyle, Considerations touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy, Part II

    Synonyms: join, knit

conglutinate2

adjectiveconglutinate (not comparable)
  1. ambitransitivenot comparableGlued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo stick or glue together.

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adhereclingstickagglutinategumpaste

verbTo join together, to unite.

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joinknit

More synonyms by meaning

verbcause to adhere

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coapt
Broader
closefill up
Also see
adhereaffixassociateattachclinchclingcoaptconnectgluehitchinosculatejoinscrewstickstick with

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

conglutinate · verb

  1. Latinconglūtinātus
  2. Middle Englishconglutinaten“(of a wound, broken bone, etc.) to knit, close up; to fasten; (figurative) to unite”
  3. Englishconglutinate

Inherited from Middle English conglutinaten (“(of a wound, broken bone, etc.) to knit, close up; to fasten; (figurative) to unite”), from conglutinat(e) (used as the past participle of conglutinaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin conglūtinātus, the perfect passive participle of conglūtinō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French conglutiner.

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conglutinate · adjective

  1. Middle Englishconglutinat(e)
  2. Englishconglutinate

Inherited from Middle English conglutinat(e), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

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Translations

Bulgarian слепвам
  • слепвам (slepvam)glue together
Catalan conglutinar
  • conglutinarglue together
Czech slepit, slepovat
  • slepitglue together
  • slepovatglue together
French conglutiner
  • conglutinerglue together
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APA

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“conglutinate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conglutinate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conglutinate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conglutinate.

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