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agglutinate
Word definitions for agglutinate in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. united as if by glue [syn: agglutinative ] v. string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agglutinate \Ag*glu"ti*nate\, a. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together. (Physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination , 2.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 United with glue or as with glue; cemented together. 2 (context linguistics English) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. v 1 (context transitive English) To unite, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s (from 1540s as a past participle adjective), from Latin agglutinatus , past participle of agglutinare (see agglutination ). Related: Agglutinated ; agglutinating .
Usage examples of agglutinate.
An enclitic, similar in function to bara, except that it indicates that a preceding verb is the name of the following element in the agglutinated term, as in Darabeldal, Flowing Lake.
An enclitic that shows the noun preceding it in an agglutinated Elvish word is the name of the element following the enclitic, as in Corafolamelim, Owl River.
Nearly half of the ceiling had collapsed, and the resulting pile of polyp slivers had agglutinated in an alarmingly concave wall, as though the avalanche had halted half-way through.
Formerly there was much theorizing and discussion regarding the etiology and pathology of plica, but since this mysterious affection has been proved to be nothing more than the product of neglect, and the matting due to the inflammatory exudation, excited by innumerable pediculi, agglutinating the hair together, the term is now scarcely mentioned in dermatologic works.
He may also inspect with profit the handicraft of a lowly mollusc which agglutinates sand-grains into a kind of plaque, in the substance of which numerous eggs are deposited.
An enclitic, similar in function to bara, except that it indicates that a preceding verb is the name of the following element in the agglutinated term, as in Darabeldal, Flowing Lake.
An enclitic that shows the noun preceding it in an agglutinated Elvish word is the name of the element following the enclitic, as in Corafolamelim, Owl River.
A still more highly endowed relation spins a similar fabric, upon which are loosely agglutinated numbers of small dead shells, grit, and even opercula a quarter of an inch in diameter.
He asserted that when a human being was seen, he was perceived as a conglomerate of energy fields held together by the most mysterious force in the universe: a binding, agglutinating, vibratory force that holds energy fields together in a cohesive unit.
The salt is white, very hard, and compact: it occurs in water worn nodules projecting from the agglutinated sand, and is associated with much gypsum.