caseate adjective 1noun 2verb 1forms 3 adjective1 •Of a cheese-like texture. noun2 •Synonym of caseinate. •(no longer used) A salt or ester of caseic acid. verb1 •To undergo caseation, a necrotic degeneration into a cheese-like state.But very commonly the cell-growth degenerates, breaks down into pus, or caseates and perhaps subsequently softens. — 1887 formscaseated · caseating · caseates