▪ I. conˈglutinate, ppl. a.
[ad. L. conglūtinātus, pa. pple. of conglūtināre: see next.]
† 1. as pa. pple. = conglutinated: see next.
| 1531 Elyot Gov. iii. i, All these to gether conglutinate and effectually executed maketh a perfecte definicion of iustyce. 1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xv. xvi. (1620) 522 Should be conglutinate in honest coniugall society. |
2. Bot. Cohering as if glued together.
| 1866 in Treas. Bot. 1881 Jrnl. Bot. X. 113 Paraphyses slender, filiform, conglutinate. |
▪ II. conglutinate, v. Now rare.
(kənˈgl(j)uːtɪneɪt)
[f. L. conglūtināt- ppl. stem of conglūtināre to glue together, f. con- + glūtināre to glue, f. glūten, glūtin- glue. Cf. F. conglutiner (14th c. in Littré).]
1. trans. To glue, cement, or fasten firmly together; to cause to cohere.
| 1546 Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. i. iii. 6 a, To haue been compacted and conglutinated by heate and moysture into the perfect figure..of a man. 1558 Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. i. vi. (1580) 113 a, It will conglutinate and glewe together the two peeces. 1667 Petty in Sprat Hist. R. Soc. 291 (T.) Starch..will conglutinate some things. 1792 T. Beddoes in Phil. Trans. LXXXII. 258 The lumps of iron..had been softened, and conglutinated together. |
† b. Med. To unite (wounded or ruptured parts, or broken bones); to heal. Also absol. Obs.
| 1563 T. Gale Antidot. ii. 56 It..doth conglutinate greene and bloudy woundes. 1601 Holland Pliny xxv. xix. II. 206 They use the decoction of the common grasse, for to conglutinat wounds. 1797 J. Downing Disord. Horned Cattle 66 This medicine..conglutinates ruptured vessels. |
c. fig.
| 1666 Spurstowe Spir. Chym. Pref. (1668) 6 Love to God..strongly conglutinates all the musings of the soul. 1825 Carlyle Life Schiller iii. 165 A medley of texts..conglutinated by a stupid judgment. |
2. intr. To stick together, cohere. (lit. and fig.)
| a 1625 Fletcher Women Pleased v. ii, I would conglutinate. 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius' Exp. Chirurg. xv. 64 Lest that the Fingers should..conglutinate, I put between them leaden plates. 1647 Pol. Ballads Commw. (Percy Soc.) 33 My fellow knaves and I conglutinated. 1750 tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 19 The prevalent driness in it permits it not to conglutinate. |
conˈglutinated, conˈglutinating ppl. adjs.
| 1552 Huloet, Conglutinated, concretus, conglutinatus. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. 223 The Conglutinated lips of the neck of the wombe. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 238 Lyme or some other conglutinating body. 1854 Fraser's Mag. L. 329 Birdlime or some unguent equally conglutinating. |