CONGLUTINATING

Verb

conglutinating

present participle of conglutinate

Source: Wiktionary


CONGLUTINATE

Con*glu"ti*nate, a. Etym: [L. conglutinatus, p.p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.]

Definition: Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

Con*glu"ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglutinated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglutinating.]

Definition: To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle.

Con*glu"ti*nate, v. i.

Definition: To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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