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gelatinating

gelatinating is the present participle and gerund of gelatinate.

Meaning of gelatinate

Verb

gelatinate (third-person singular simple present gelatinates, present participle gelatinating, simple past and past participle gelatinated)

  1. (transitive) To convert into gelatin or a jelly-like substance.
  2. (intransitive) To be converted into gelatin or a jelly-like substance.
    • Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids.1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy

Questions about gelatinating

What is gelatinating the present participle and gerund of?
Gelatinating is the present participle and gerund of gelatinate.

Words near gelatinating in the dictionary

  1. gelatinase
  2. gelatinases
  3. gelatinate
  4. gelatinated
  5. gelatinates
  6. gelatinating
  7. gelatination
  8. gelatinations
  9. gelatine
  10. gelatine salad
  11. gelatine salads

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