coagulating

Variant of coagulate

transitive verb coagulated, coagulating

to cause (a liquid) to become a soft, semisolid mass; curdle; clot

Origin: ME coagulaten < L coagulatus, pp. of coagulare, to cause to curdle < coagulum: see coagulum

intransitive verb

to become coagulated

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