gelatinate
English
Etymology
gelatin + -ate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈlætɪneɪt/
Verb
gelatinate (third-person singular simple present gelatinates, present participle gelatinating, simple past and past participle gelatinated)
- (transitive) To convert into gelatin or a jelly-like substance.
- (intransitive) To be converted into gelatin or a jelly-like substance.
- 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy
- Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids.
- 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gelatinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)