eglomerate

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verb

To unwind, as a thread from a ball.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbeglomerate (third-person singular simple present eglomerates, present participle eglomerating, simple past and past participle eglomerated)

present singular third person eglomerates · participle present eglomerating · participle past eglomerated · past eglomerated

  1. ambitransitiverareTo unwind, as a thread from a ball.

    They attach themselves to the eglomerated solids and oil particles and lift them to the surface of the water.

    2015 June 16, Kate Kunkel, “Reclaiming Water from Oil Production”, in Valve magazine
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    At another signal from Barelegs, their tails gradually eglomerated, and all joyfully made away from the shore, landing in the same order about seventy yards lower down.

    1845, Heidelberg and the way thither

    They are a mighty force to reckon with; they are the most esteemed, revered and reverenced; they are the most liked and lovable kindly souls; they have no likes and dislikes; they are purely spiritual, they effuse effulgence and eglomerate all knots of man's obstacles, sufferings and worries, spiritual, mental and material.

    1969, Nandu Singh, Dayal yoga, page 5

Origin

  1. Latineglomero
  2. Englisheglomerate

From Latin eglomero, eglomeratus, from e- + glomeratus.

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