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conglutinate

verb
/kəŋˈɡluːtɪneɪt//kəŋˈɡluːtɪnət/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English conglutinaten (“(of a wound, broken bone, etc.) to knit, close up; to fasten; (figurative) to unite”), from conglutinat(e) (used as the past participle of conglutinaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin conglūtinātus, the perfect passive participle of conglūtinō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French conglutiner.

  1. derived from conglūtinātus
  2. inherited from conglutinaten

Definitions

  1. To stick or glue together.

  2. To join together, to unite.

    • Bones […] have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days.

  3. Glued together

    Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for conglutinate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA