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Webster 1913 Edition


Congeal

Con-geal′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Congealed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Congealing
.]
[F.
congeler
, L.
congelare
,
-gelatumn
;
con-
+
gelare
to freeze,
gelu
frost. See
Gelid
.]
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
congeal again to what it was
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Congeal

CONGEAL

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to freeze, has the elements of cool, but it may be a different word.]
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.
To grow hard, stiff or thick; to pass from a fluid to a solid state; to concrete into a solid mass. Melted lead congelas; water congeals; blood congeals.

Definition 2024


congeal

congeal

English

Verb

congeal (third-person singular simple present congeals, present participle congealing, simple past and past participle congealed)

  1. (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold
  2. (transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
  3. (transitive) To make rigid or immobile
  4. (intransitive) To become congealed, solidify

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