agglutinate
verb
[ əˈɡluːtɪneɪt ]
• firmly stick or be stuck together to form a mass.
• "this secretion may form crusts agglutinating the eyelids"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin agglutinat- ‘caused to adhere’, from the verb agglutinare, from ad- ‘to’ + glutinare (from gluten ‘glue’).
