coagulate

English

WOTD – 9 July 2010

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin coāgulō, coāgulātus, from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Verb

coagulate (third-person singular simple present coagulates, present participle coagulating, simple past and past participle coagulated)

  1. (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
    In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
  2. (transitive) To cause to congeal.
    Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
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Adjective

coagulate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Coagulated.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈæɡ.jə.lət/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

coagulate (plural coagulates)

  1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.
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References

  • coagulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • coagulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • coagulate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

coagulate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of coagulare
  2. second-person plural imperative of coagulare
  3. feminine plural of coagulato

Latin

Verb

coāgulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coāgulō
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