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Congeal v. t. (past & past part. congealed; pres. part. congealing)

To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

Synonyms: jell, set. "A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed."

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."

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.

Synonyms: jell, set. "Lest zeal, now melted... Cool and congeal again to what it was."

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"Congeal" Quotes from Famous Books

... dripped through the bag, and is clear, set it in a cool place to congeal. It will sometimes congeal immediately, and sometimes not for several hours, particularly if the weather is warm and damp. If the weather is very cold you must take care not to let it freeze. When it is quite firm, which perhaps it will not be till evening, ...

— Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats • Miss Leslie

... of a thoroughly hard-headed person provokes a sneeze. There is a chilly vapor off him—a swampish miasma—that puts me in a snuffling state, beyond poultice and mustard footbaths. No matter how I huddle to the fire, my thoughts will congeal and my purpose cramp and stiffen. My conceit too will be ...

— Journeys to Bagdad • Charles S. Brooks

... many persons more advanced in life: And if we now and then a sigh must heave At quitting even those we quit in strife, No doubt we weep for those the heart endears— That is, till deeper griefs congeal ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... trembling stands, All wan her lips, and frozen red her hands; Her mournful eyes are modestly down cast, Her night-black hair streams on the fitful blast; Her bosom, passing fair, is half reveal'd, And oh! so cold the snow lies there congeal'd; Her feet benumb'd, her shoes all rent and worn;— God help thee, outcast lamb, who stand'st forlorn! God help ...

— Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine • Edwin Waugh

... her with a protesting, or at least a questioning, seriousness. It had the usual effect of a wild stare. "I wasn't meaning to," she said, shortly, and began to congeal again. She also shrugged her shoulder; she was not quite ready yet to ...

— With the Procession • Henry B. Fuller

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