conglutinate
Etymology
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Etymology
An adaptation of conglūtināt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the
conglutinate (conglutinates, present participle conglutinating; simple past and past participle conglutinated) (ambitransitive)
- To stick or glue together.
- 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.
- (stick together) adhere, cling, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
- (glue together) agglutinate, gum, paste
- (join together) join, knit; see also Thesaurus:join
conglutinate (not comparable)
- Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
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