eglomerate

eglomerate

English

Etymology

From Latin eglomero, eglomeratus, from e- + glomeratus.

Verb

eglomerate (third-person singular simple present eglomerates, present participle eglomerating, simple past and past participle eglomerated)

1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
   • 1845, Heidelberg and the way thither:

     At another signal from Barelegs, their tails gradually eglomerated, and all joyfully made away from the shore, landing in the same order about seventy yards lower down.

   • 1969, Nandu Singh, Dayal yoga, page 5:

     They are a mighty force to reckon with; they are the most esteemed, revered and reverenced; they are the most liked and lovable kindly souls; they have no likes and dislikes; they are purely spiritual, they effuse effulgence and eglomerate all knots of man's obstacles, sufferings and worries, spiritual, mental and material.

   • 2015 June 16, Kate Kunkel, “Reclaiming Water from Oil Production”, in Valve magazine:

     They attach themselves to the eglomerated solids and oil particles and lift them to the surface of the water.

Related terms

• glomerate

Further reading

• eglomerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• eglomerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.