AGGLUTINATE

I. verb (-nated; -nating) see: clay Date: 1586 transitive verb to cause to adhere ; fasten , to combine into a compound ; attach to a base as an affix, to cause to undergo agglutination, intransitive verb to unite or combine into a group or mass, to form words by agglutination, II. noun Date: 1952 a clump of ~d material (as blood cells or mineral particles in soil)