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Meaning of CONGLUTINATE

Pronunciation:  kun'gloot`neyt

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  stick together; as of the edges of a wound
  2. [v]  cause to adhere; "The wounds were coapted"
 

CONGLUTINATE is a 12 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: coapt
 
 See Also: adhere, cleave, cling, close, cohere, fill, fill up, stick

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Con*glu"ti*nate\, a. [L. conglutinatus, p. p. of
    conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.]
    Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
    
    
  2. \Con*glu"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
    {Conglutinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglutinating.]
    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.
    
    
  3. \Con*glu"ti*nate\, v. i.
    To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to
    coalesce.
    
    
    
    
 

 

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