To convert into gelatin or a jelly-like substance; to cause something to become gelatinous.
Derived from 'gelatin' + '-ate' (verb suffix). The term 'gelatin' comes from Latin 'gelatus' meaning 'frozen.' This verb form emerged in scientific usage during the 19th century to describe the chemical transformation of collagen into gelatin.
When you gelatinate collagen by boiling animal bones, the heat breaks apart protein chains and you get a clear, bouncy substance—this is exactly how bone broth and aspic (savory meat jelly) are made in cooking.
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