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Webster 1913 Edition
Congeal
Con-geal′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Congealed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Congealing
.] 1.
To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
Syn. – jell, set.
A vapory deluge lies to snow
congealed
. Thomson.
2.
To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.
As if with horror to
congeal
his blood. Stirling.
Con-geal′
,Verb.
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.
Syn. – jell, set.
Lest zeal, now melted . . .
Cool and
Cool and
congeal again to what it was
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Congeal
CONGEAL
,Verb.
T.
1.
To change from a fluid to a solid sate, as by cold, or a loss of heat, as water in freezing, liquid metal or wax in cooling, blood in stagnating or cooling, &c.; to harden into ice, or into a substance of less solidity. Cold congeals water into ice, or vapor into hoar frost or snow, and blood into a less solid mass, or clot.2.
To bind or fix with cold. Applied to the circulating blood, it does not signify absolutely to harden, but to cause a sensation of cold, a shivering, or a receding of the blood from the extremities; as, the frightful scene congealed his blood.CONGEAL
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
congeal
congeal
English
Verb
congeal (third-person singular simple present congeals, present participle congealing, simple past and past participle congealed)
- (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold
- (transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- (transitive) To make rigid or immobile
- (intransitive) To become congealed, solidify
Translations
to change from a liquid to solid state
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to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
to become congealed, solidify
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