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coagulate

coa·gu·late

UK/kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/ US/koʊˈæɡ.jə.lət/ uncommon obsolete
verb (2) adjective (1)

verb

1.

change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

  • “coagulated blood”
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2.

cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

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adjective

1.

transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

  • “coagulated blood”
  • “curdled milk”
  • “grumous blood”
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Origin

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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