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Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.

To please. [Obs.] Each one sought his lady to aggrate. Spenser.

To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] "To aggravate thy store." Shak.

(Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

Collectively; in mass.

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper.

In an agitated manner.

Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.

Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

To name. [Obs.]

Lately; of late. [Archaic] There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.

Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

Shortened forms of Alcoholate.

e compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. Graham.

Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.

To alkalizate. [R.] Johnson.

To bark as a dog. [Obs.] Stubbes.