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congeal
CIDE DICTIONARY
congeal, v. t. [F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See Gelid.].
- To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze. [1913 Webster]"A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed." [1913 Webster]
- To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill. [1913 Webster]"As if with horror to congeal his blood." [1913 Webster]
congeal, v. i.
To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled. [1913 Webster]
"Lest zeal, now melted . . .
Cool and congeal again to what it was." [1913 Webster]
Cool and congeal again to what it was." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
congeal, v.tr. & intr.
1 make or become semi-solid by cooling.
2 (of blood etc.) coagulate.
1 make or become semi-solid by cooling.
2 (of blood etc.) coagulate.
Derivative
congealable adj. congealment n.
Etymology
ME f. OF congeler f. L congelare (as com-, gelare f. gelu frost)
THESAURUS
congeal
adhere, agglomerate, blast, blast-freeze, blight, bunch, cake, chill, clabber, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, cohere, concrete, conglomerate, cool, curd, curdle, dry, embrace, freeze, freeze solid, freeze to, gel, gelatinate, gelatinize, glaciate, glacify, grasp, grow together, hang on, hang together, hold, hold on, hold together, hug, ice, incrassate, indurate, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, knot, lopper, lump, mass, nip, persist, quick-freeze, refreeze, regelate, set, solidify, stay, stay put, stick, stick together, take hold of, thick, thickenROGET THESAURUS
congeal
Density
VB be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.Refrigeration
VB cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice, congeal, freeze, glaciate, benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate, nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter, damp, slack quench, put out, stamp out, extinguish, go out, burn out (incombustibility).For further exploring for "congeal" in Webster Dictionary Online
