Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Coagulate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, a. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. i.
To undergo coagulation. --Boyle.
Syn: To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coagulate
adj : transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous
blood" [syn: {coagulated}, {curdled}, {grumous}, {grumose}]
v : change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
"coagulated blood" [syn: {clot}]
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