Hypertext Webster Gateway: "agglutinate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agglutinate \Ag*glu"ti*nate\, a.
1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
2. (physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not
materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate
forms, languages, etc. See {Agglutination}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agglutinate \Ag*glu"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Agglutinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agglutinating}.] [L.
agglutinatus, p. p. of agglutinare to glue or cement to a
thing; ad + glutinare to glue; gluten glue. See {Glue}.]
To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous
substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
agglutinate
adj : united as if by glue [syn: {agglutinative}]
v 1: string together, of morphemes in an agglutinating language
2: clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
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