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eglomerate

eglomerate verb: to unwind, as a thread from a ball.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
    • 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.1845, Heidelberg and the way thither
    • 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...1969, Nandu Singh, Dayal yoga, page 5

Forms of eglomerate

third-person singular presenteglomerates
present participleeglomerating
past participleeglomerated
pasteglomerated

Origin of eglomerate

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

Questions about eglomerate

What does eglomerate mean?
Eglomerate means to unwind, as a thread from a ball.
What part of speech is eglomerate?
Eglomerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of eglomerate?
The past tense of eglomerate is eglomerated.

Words near eglomerate in the dictionary

  1. Eglis
  2. Egloff
  3. Egloffs
  4. eglog
  5. eglogs
  6. eglomerate
  7. eglomerated
  8. eglomerates
  9. eglomerating
  10. eglomise
  11. Egloshayle

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