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Webster 1913 Edition

Coagulate

Co-ag′u-late

,
Adj.
[L.
coagulatus
, p. p. of
coagulare
to coagulate, fr.
coagulum
means of coagulation, fr.
cogere
,
coactum
, to drive together, coagulate. See
Cogent
.]
Coagulated.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Co-ag′u-late

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coagulated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Coagulating
.]
To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle;
as, rennet
coagulates
milk; heat
coagulates
the white of an egg
.
Syn. – To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.

Webster 1828 Edition

Coagulate

COAGULATE

,
Verb.
T.
To concrete; to curdle; to congeal; to change from a fluid into a fixed substance, or solid mass; as, to coagulate blood; rennet coagulates milk. This word is generally applied to the change of fluids into substances like curd or butter, of a moderate consistence, but not hard or impenetrable.

COAGULATE

,
Verb.
I.
To curdle or congeal; to turn from a fluid into a consistent state, or fixed substance; to thicken.

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