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co·ag·u·late

Audio Help [v. koh-ag-yuh-leyt; adj. koh-ag-yuh-lit, -leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing, adjective

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

1.	to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal: Let the pudding stand two hours until it coagulates.

2.	Biology. (of blood) to form a clot.

3.	Physical Chemistry. (of colloidal particles) to flocculate or cause to flocculate by adding an electrolyte to an electrostatic colloid.

–adjective

4.	Obsolete. coagulated.

[Origin: 1350–1400 for earlier ptp. senses “solidified, clotted,” 1605–15 for def. 1; ME < L coāgulāt(us) (ptp. of coāgulāre), equiv. to coāgul(um) coagulum + -ātus -ate¹

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—Related forms

co·ag·u·la·tion, noun

co·ag·u·la·to·ry

Audio Help [koh-ag-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, co·ag·u·la·tive

Audio Help [koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv] Pronunciation Key, adjective

—Synonyms 1. clot, set, solidify, thicken.

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co·ag·u·late Audio Help   (kō-āg'yə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   co·ag·u·lat·ed, co·ag·u·lat·ing, co·ag·u·lates

v.   tr.
To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.

v.   intr.
To become coagulated.

[Middle English coagulaten, from Latin coāgulāre, coāgulāt-, from coāgulum, coagulator; see coagulum.]

co·ag'u·la·bil'i·ty n., co·ag'u·la·ble, co·ag'u·la'tive (-lā'tĭv, -lə-tĭv) adj., co·ag'u·la'tion n., co·ag'u·la'tor n.

Synonyms: 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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