glutinate

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verb

To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.

OriginLatin glūtinātus →
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Meanings

verbglutinate (third-person singular simple present glutinates, present participle glutinating, simple past and past participle glutinated)

present singular third person glutinates · participle present glutinating · participle past glutinated · past glutinated

  1. obsoletetransitivemedicineTo unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.

    The lungs being cleansed and purged from matter, you must minister those medicines which will glutinate and heale vp the vlcer

    1610, Philip Barrough, The Methode of Phisicke

Origin

  1. Latinglūtinātus
  2. Englishglutinate

Borrowed from Latin glūtinātus, perfect passive participle of glūtinō (“to glue”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from glūten (“glue”).

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APA

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Chicago

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