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Definition of coagulate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coagulate

verb
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪt/
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they coagulate
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪt/
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪt/
he / she / it coagulates
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪts/
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪts/
past simple coagulated
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪtɪd/
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪtɪd/
past participle coagulated
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪtɪd/
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪtɪd/
-ing form coagulating
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪtɪŋ/
 
/kəʊˈæɡjuleɪtɪŋ/
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  1. coagulate (something) if a liquid coagulates or something coagulates it, it becomes thick and partly solid synonym congeal
    • Blood began to coagulate around the edges of the wound.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCoagulate is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • blood
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin coagulat- ‘curdled’, from the verb coagulare, from coagulum ‘rennet’.
See coagulate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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