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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Congeal \Con*geal"\, 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.
Lest zeal, now melted . . . Cool and congeal again to
what it was --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Congeal \Con*geal"\, v. 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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
congeal
v : become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the
enzyme" [syn: {jell}, {set}]
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