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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Agglutinated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Agglutinating

[L.

agglutinatus

, p. p. of

agglutinare

to glue or cement to a thing;

glutinare

to glue;

gluten

glue. See

To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

Adj.

United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.

(Physiol.)

Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning;

as,

agglutinate

forms, languages, etc.

See

, 2.

Verb.

[Lat. agglutino, ad and glutino, from gluten. Eng. glue. See Glue.]

To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.