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gelatinate, v.|dʒɪˈlætɪneɪt|
[f. gelatin (? or mod.L. gelātīnus: see next) + -ate.]
1. intr. = gelatinize 1.
1796Kirwan Elem Min. (ed. 2) I. 279 It [Zeolite] is partially and slowly soluble in the three mineral acids without effervescence, and, if they be not in too great quantity, it gelatinates most commonly. 1808Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 305 Nor does it [mucilage] gelatinate, when its heated solution cools. 1826― Elem. Chem. II. 573 Certain minerals that gelatinate. 1828in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
2. trans. = gelatinize 2.
1828Webster, Gelatinate, to convert into gelatin or into a substance resembling jelly. Hence in mod. Dicts.
Hence gelatiˈnation = gelatinization.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 42 Their solubility therein [in acids]..with or without heat..gelatination, &c. 1885G. L. Goodale Physiol. Bot. 34 The principal modifications of the cell-wall are the following:—(1) Partial or complete conversion into mucilage (Gelatination). |