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caseate

ca·seate

uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

turn into cheese

  • “The milk caseated”
2.

become cheeselike

  • “necrotic tissue caseates”

Origin

Back-formation from caseation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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