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flocculate

floc·cu·late

uncommon

verb

1.

cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate

  • “The chemist flocculated the suspended material”
2.

form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass

  • “the protoplasms flocculated”

Origin

Scientific internationalism; from Latin flocculus + -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), diminutive of floccus (“a lock, tuft”).

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