congeal

[ kuhn-jeel ]

/ kənˈdʒil /

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verb (used with or without object)

to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing: The fat congealed on the top of the soup.

to curdle; coagulate, as a fluid.

to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles: Some philosophic systems lost their vitality and congealed.

OTHER WORDS FOR congeal

1 harden, set, jell, solidify.

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Origin of congeal

1350–1400; Middle English congelen (<Middle French congeler) <Latin congelāre, equivalent to con-con- + gelāre to freeze; see gelid

OTHER WORDS FROM congeal

con·geal·a·ble, adjectivecon·geal·a·bil·i·ty, con·geal·a·ble·ness, nouncon·geal·ed·ness, nouncon·geal·er, noun

con·geal·ment, nounhalf-con·gealed, adjectivenon·con·geal·ing, adjective, nounun·con·geal, verb (used without object)un·con·geal·a·ble, adjective

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How to use congeal in a sentence

This was already a few days behind the rapidly congealing conventional wisdom.
Weiner’s Well-Timed Rehab|Eric Alterman|June 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This curious effect has been attributed to the vitality yet remaining in the blood, during the act of congealing.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, Issue 372, Saturday, May 30, 1829|Various
And I have good reason to believe that the forces of Aptor are congealing once more, a sluggish but huge amoeba of horror.
The Jewels of Aptor|Samuel R. Delany
Having kept the remainder of the jelly warm, to prevent its congealing too soon, pour it over the fowls.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed.|Sulpice Baru

It is because blood is congealing and growing poorer everywhere, while instinct grows and develops.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)--Continental Europe I|Various
Naturalists said that this kind of rain was due to vapor drawn up out of red earth which congealing, fell afterward in this form.
Bee and Butterfly|Lucy Foster Madison

British Dictionary definitions for congeal

congeal

/ (kənˈdʒiːl) /

verb

to change or cause to change from a soft or fluid state to a firm or solid state

to form or cause to form into a coagulated mass; curdle; jell

(intr) (of ideas) to take shape or become fixed in form

Derived forms of congeal

congealable, adjectivecongealer, nouncongealment, noun

Word Origin for congeal

C14: from Old French congeler, from Latin congelāre, from com- together + gelāre to freeze

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