Definition of Conglutinate

1. Verb. Cause to adhere. "The wounds were coapted"

Exact synonyms: Coapt
Generic synonyms: Close, Fill Up
Derivative terms: Conglutination, Conglutination

2. Verb. Stick together. "The edges of the wound conglutinated"
Generic synonyms: Adhere, Cleave, Cling, Cohere, Stick
Derivative terms: Conglutination

Definition of Conglutinate

1. a. Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

2. v. t. To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.

3. v. i. To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.

Definition of Conglutinate

1. Verb. To stick or glue together ¹

2. Verb. To join together, to unite ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conglutinate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conglutinate

conglobulation
conglomerate
conglomerated
conglomerates
conglomerateur
conglomerateurs
conglomeratic
conglomerating
conglomeration
conglomerations
conglomerative
conglomerator
conglomerators
conglutin
conglutinant
conglutinate (current term)
conglutinated
conglutinates
conglutinating
conglutination
conglutinations
conglutinative
conglutinator
conglutinin
congo
congo copal
congo eel
congo gum
congo red
congo snake

Literary usage of Conglutinate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"... brownish-black; paraphyses conglutinate, yellowish-brown when viewed in masses ... brownish- black ; paraphyses conglutinate, ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"conglutinate, (kçn-glu'-te-nate) a. v, a. To cement ; to reunite. Ta conglutinate, (k9n-glu'-te-nate) Joined together. ..."

3. A Synopsis of the North American Lichens by Edward Tuckerman (1882)
"... mostly conglutinate. Pan- naria, Mass. Ric. p. 14. ... mic.; the paraphyses conglutinate. ... mic-, the capillary paraphyses conglutinate, ..."

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