coagulate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
    clot.
    • coagulated blood
  2. verb cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
    clot.
  3. adjective satellite transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
    grumose; grumous; curdled; coagulated.
    • coagulated blood
    • curdled milk
    • grumous blood

WordNet

Co*ag"u*late adjective
Etymology
L. coagulatus, p. p. of coagulare to coagulate, fr. coagulum means of coagulation, fr. cogere, coactum, to drive together, coagulate. See Cogent.
Definitions
  1. Coagulated. Obs. Shak.
Co*ag"u*late transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Coagulated ; present participle & verbal noun Coagulating
Definitions
  1. To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
Co*ag"u*late intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To undergo coagulation. Boyle. Syn. -- To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.

Webster 1913