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Agglutinate

//əˈɡluːtɪnət// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
  2. 2
    Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning.

    "an agglutinate language"

Adjective
  1. 1
    united as if by glue wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A clump of agglutinated material. countable

    "In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent."

  2. 2
    Agglutinated material. uncountable

    "The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith."

Verb
  1. 1
    To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. transitive
  2. 2
    clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    To form through agglutination.
  4. 4
    string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).

Etymology 2

From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).

Etymology 3

From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).

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