Recoagulates

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To undergo the process of thickening again by forming clots or curds usually after initially becoming liquid or dissolved
2. Describing the action wherein a previously fluid or dispersed substance solidifies anew through the reformation of bonds such as clumps or gels
3. Referring to the restoration of a solid or semi-solid state from a dissolved or separated condition by new coagulation or clumping processes

Etymology: "Recoagulates" is the third-person singular form of "recoagulate," a verb that simply means to coagulate again after having separated or liquefied. The verb is built from the prefix "re-", meaning "again," attached to "coagulate," which comes from the Latin "coagulare," to curdle or cause to clot together. The base verb "coagulate" is the older and more central piece here, used for blood clotting and milk curdling long before anyone needed to describe a second clotting. The prefix "re-" is one of English's most productive, able to attach to almost any verb to signal repetition, so "recoagulate" is a transparent formation rather than a word with a dramatic backstory. Its meaning follows directly from its parts: a substance that clumped, was broken apart, and clumped once more.

Synonyms: clots, coagulates, clumps, curdles, congeals

Antonyms: dissolves, liquefies, melts, disperses