1.
[syn: coapt, conglutinate]
2. stick together;
- Example: "the edges of the wound conglutinated"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conglutinate \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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conglutinate \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.
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Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated
within three or four days. --Boyle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conglutinate \Con*glu"ti*nate\, v. i.
To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to
coalesce.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conglutinate
v 1: cause to adhere; "The wounds were coapted" [syn: coapt,
conglutinate]
2: stick together; "the edges of the wound conglutinated"