Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Agglutinate has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
united as if by glue
United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.