glutinate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glūtinātus, perfect passive participle of glūtinō (to glue) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from glūten (glue).

Verb

glutinate (third-person singular simple present glutinates, present participle glutinating, simple past and past participle glutinated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive, medicine) To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.
    • 1610, Philip Barrough, The Methode of Phisicke:
      The lungs being cleansed and purged from matter, you must minister those medicines which will glutinate and heale vp the vlcer

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlu.tiˈna.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: glu‧ti‧nà‧te

Adjective

glutinate

  1. feminine plural of glutinato

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

glūtināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of glūtinō