v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates. v.tr.
To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.
v.intr.
To become coagulated.
[Middle English coagulaten, from Latin coāgulāre, coāgulāt-, from coāgulum, coagulator. See coagulum.]
coagulability co·ag'u·la·bil'i·ty n.coagulable co·ag'u·la·ble or co·ag'u·la'tive (-lā'tĭv, -lə-tĭv) adj.
coagulation co·ag'u·la'tion n.
coagulator co·ag'u·la'tor n.
SYNONYMS coagulate, clot, congeal, curdle, jell, jelly, set. These verbs mean to change or be changed from a liquid into a thickened mass: egg white coagulating when heated; blood clotting over the wound; gravy congealing as it cools; milk that had curdled; used pectin to jell the jam; jellied consommé; allowed the aspic to set.





