coagulate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

coagulate

SYLLABICATION:	co·ag·u·late
PRONUNCIATION:	k-gy-lt
VERB:	Inflected forms: co·ag·u·lat·ed, co·ag·u·lat·ing, co·ag·u·lates
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To become coagulated.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English coagulaten, from Latin cogulre, cogult-, from cogulum, coagulator. See coagulum.
OTHER FORMS:	co·agu·la·bili·ty —NOUN co·agu·la·ble, co·agu·lative (-ltv, -l-tv) —ADJECTIVE co·agu·lation —NOUN co·agu·lator —NOUN
SYNONYMS:	coagulate, clot, congeal, curdle, jell, jelly, set¹ These verbs mean to change or be changed from a liquid into a thickened mass: egg white coagulating when heated; blood clotting over the wound; gravy congealing as it cools; milk that had curdled; used pectin to jell the jam; jellied consommé; allowed the aspic to set.


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