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Added 9 October 2026

coagulate

/kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/ verb

Latin root: coāgulātus Wiktionary

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To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
To cause to congeal.
Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.

adjective

Coagulated.

noun

A mass formed by means of coagulation.

Origin

From Middle English coagulaten (“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”), from coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”, also used as the past participle of coagulaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin coāgulātus, the perfect passive participle of coāgulō (“to curdle, coagulate”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”) + -ulum (forms instrument nouns), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail.

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