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DEGLUTINATE

\dɪɡlˈuːtɪnˌe͡ɪt], \dɪɡlˈuːtɪnˌe‍ɪt], \d_ɪ_ɡ_l_ˈuː_t_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of DEGLUTINATE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

de-gl[=oo]'tin-[=a]t, v.t. to separate things that are glued together by softening the glue:--pr.p. deglu'tin[=a]ting; pa.p. deglu'tin[=a]ted. [L. deglutin[=a]re, -[=a]tum--de, neg., and glutin[=a]re--gluten, glue.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

[L., to unglue, from gluten.] To separate by moistening or warming, to unglue.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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