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Agglutinative: Definition and part of speech

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Agglutinative

  1. a. Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.
  2. a. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Agglutination: Definition and part of speech

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Agglutination

  1. n. Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.
  2. n. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Agglutinate: Definition and part of speech

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Agglutinate

  1. a. Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.
  2. v. t. To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
  3. a. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Agglutinant: Definition and part of speech

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Agglutinant

  1. n. Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.
  2. a. Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.