conferruminate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin conferrūminātus, perfect passive participle of conferrūminō (“to cement”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- +‎ ferrūminō, from ferrūmen (“cement”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). === Verb === conferruminate (third-person singular simple present conferruminates, present participle conferruminating, simple past and past participle conferruminated) To unite into a solid mass ==== Related terms ==== conferrumination === Adjective === conferruminate (comparative more conferruminate, superlative most conferruminate) (botany) Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.