a. [f. L. agglūtināt- ppl. stem of agglūtinā-re (see AGGLUTINATE a.) + -IVE.]
1. Of or pertaining to agglutination; tending to produce adhesion; adhesive, cementing.
1676. Wiseman, Surg., V. ii. 353 (J.). Rowl up the Member with the agglutinative Rowler.
1843. Humble, Dict. Geol., Agglutinative, that which has the property of causing agglutination.
† 2. Med. = AGGLUTINANT A 2. Obs.
1634. T. Johnson, Parey’s Wks., 326. The Topick and particular Medicines are Agglutinative.
3. Philol. Characterized by agglutination; using it as the ordinary process of word-building.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. 1834, 194. Greek hath the agglutinative faculty of incorporating words.
1861. Max Müller, Science Lang., viii. 311. The chief distinction between an inflectional and an agglutinative language consists in the fact that agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots, and therefore do not allow them to be affected by phonetic corruption.
1875. Whitney, Life of Lang., xii. 232. Such words as un-tru-th-ful-ly preserve an agglutinative character.
