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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONGEAL
v.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, etc. ; 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
v.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.
CONGEALABLE
a.That may be congealed; capable of being converted from a fluid to a solid state.
CONGEALED
pp. Converted into ice, or a solid mass, by the loss of heat or other process; concreted.
CONGEALING
ppr. Changing from a liquid to a solid state; concreting.
CONGEALMENT
n.A clot or concretion; that which is formed by congelation. Also, congelation.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
CONGEAL
CONGEAL Con *geal ", v. i.
Defn: 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.
CONGEALABLE
Con *geal "a *ble, a. [Cf. F. congelable. ]
Defn: Capable of being congealed. --Con *geal "a *ble *ness, n.
CONGEALEDNESS
CONGEALEDNESS Con *geal "ed *ness, n.
Defn: The state of being congealed. Dr. H.More.
CONGEALMENT
CONGEALMENT Con *geal "ment, n.
1. The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.
2. That which is formed by congelation; a clot. [Obs. ]
Wash the congealment from your wounds. Shak.
New American Oxford Dictionary
congeal
con geal |kənˈjēl kənˈʤil | ▶verb [ no obj. ] solidify or coagulate, esp. by cooling: the blood had congealed into blobs | (as adj. congealed ) : congealed egg white. • take shape or coalesce, esp. to form a satisfying whole: the ballet failed to congeal as a single oeuvre. DERIVATIVES con geal a ble adjective, con geal ment noun ( archaic )ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French congeler, from Latin congelare, from con- ‘together ’ + gelare ‘freeze ’ (from gelu ‘frost ’).
Oxford Dictionary
congeal
congeal |kənˈdʒiːl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] become semi-solid, especially on cooling: the blood had congealed into blobs | (as adj. congealed ) : a lump of congealed moussaka. • take shape or coalesce, especially to form a satisfying whole: the ballet failed to congeal as a single oeuvre. DERIVATIVES congealable adjective, congealment noun ( archaic )ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French congeler, from Latin congelare, from con- ‘together ’ + gelare ‘freeze ’ (from gelu ‘frost ’).
American Oxford Thesaurus
congeal
congeal verb the gravy is starting to congeal: coagulate, clot, thicken, jell, cake, set, curdle.
Oxford Thesaurus
congeal
congeal verb the blood had congealed around the cut: coagulate, clot, cake, set, solidify, harden, thicken, stiffen, dry, gel, concentrate; archaic fix; rare inspissate. ANTONYMS soften; liquefy.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
congeal
con geal /kəndʒíːl /動詞 自動詞 他動詞 (〈血液などの液体 〉が [を ])凝結 [凝固 ]する [させる ], 固まる [らせる ]; 凍る [らせる ].
The Wordsmith Dictionary