congeal (v. t.) To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to
freeze.
congeal (v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or
cause to run cold; to chill.
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
congeal kon-jēl′, v.t. to freeze: to change
from fluid to solid by cold: to solidify, as by cold.—v.i.
to pass from fluid to solid, as by cold: to stiffen: to
coagulate.—adj.Congeal′able.—ns.Congeal′ableness; Congeal′ment, Congelā′tion, act or process of
congealing: anything congealed. [L. congelāre, from
con, and gelu, frost.]
Part of speech
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congeal, verb, present, 1st person singular of congeal (infinitive).
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