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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of coagulare, from cogere; COGENT

coagulate

 verb
     
co‧ag‧u‧late [intransitive and transitive]
if a liquid coagulates, or something coagulates it, it becomes thick and almost solid:
The blood had not coagulated.
—coagulation noun [uncountable]
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