conglutinate

English

Etymology

An adaptation of conglūtināt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin conglūtinō. Compare the French conglutiner.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /kəŋˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /kəŋˈɡluːtɪnət/

Verb

conglutinate (third-person singular simple present conglutinates, present participle conglutinating, simple past and past participle conglutinated) (transitive, intransitive)

1. To stick or glue together.
2. To join together; to unite.
   • 1671, Robert Boyle, Considerations touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy, Part II:

     Bones […] have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days.

Synonyms

• (stick together): adhere, cling, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
• (glue together): agglutinate, gum, paste
• (join together): join, knit; see also Thesaurus:join

Translations

glue together

• Bulgarian: слепвам (bg) (slepvam)
• Czech: slepit (cs), slepovat
• Manx: co-ghleiyaghey

Adjective

conglutinate (not comparable)

1. Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

See also

• conglutination

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

conglutinate

1. inflection of conglutinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

conglutinate f pl

1. feminine plural of conglutinato

Latin

Verb

conglūtināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of conglūtinō