Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To undergo caseation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pathology, to undergo caseous degeneration; become like cheese.
- noun In chem., a salt resulting from the union of caseic acid with a base.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb to turn into cheese; -- of milk.
- intransitive verb to undergo caseation; -- of dead tissue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A certain ion.
- noun countable and uncountable A salt, compound or solution containing this ion.
- verb intransitive To produce a cheese-like substance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become cheeselike
- verb turn into cheese
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Back-formation from caseation.]
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Ultimately from Latin cāseus, with -ate.
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Examples
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They are like the grill age one notes in ancient French country houses -- little caseate cut in the windows through which you may see in vivid outline a little section of the landscape.
Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890
thedayhascome commented on the word caseate
/KAY see ate/ v · To become cheesy.
August 7, 2008
ag0991 commented on the word caseate
to undergo the process of caseation; literally or figuratively to become cheesy
December 2, 2008
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word caseate
See caseifaction.
July 29, 2009