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To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

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v. t. To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
a. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
a. Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.
adj. united as if by glue
v. string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
v. clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. 1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together. 2. (physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.
To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscoussubstance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
v. string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) v. clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. s. united as if by glue