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coagulate

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Pronunciation
/kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/ (UK)
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/kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/ (UK) · /koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/ (US) · /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/ (UK) · /koʊˈæɡ.jə.lət/ (US)

Definition of coagulate

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
    “In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.”
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verb

  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.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete)Coagulated.
    “roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,”

noun

  1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.

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Etymology

From Middle English coagulaten (“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”), from coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine)…

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From Middle English coagulaten (“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”), from coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”, also used as the past participle of coagulaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin coāgulātus, the perfect passive participle of coāgulō (“to curdle, coagulate”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”) + -ulum (forms instrument nouns), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle.

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