Definition of Congeal

1. Verb. Become gelatinous. "The liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"

Exact synonyms: Jell, Set
Generic synonyms: Solidify
Derivative terms: Congelation, Set

Definition of Congeal

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

2. 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.

Definition of Congeal

1. Verb. (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To make rigid or immobile ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To become congealed, solidify ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Congeal

1. to change from a fluid to a solid [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Congeal

confœderacy
confœderate
confœderated
confœderates
confœderating
confœderation
confœderations
conga
conga line
conga lines
congaed
congaing
congas
conge
congeable
congeal (current term)
congealability
congealable
congealed
congealed salad
congealed salads
congealer
congealers
congealing
congealment
congealments
congeals
conged
congee
congeed

Literary usage of Congeal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"... When Death in a heart, that knew not fear, In his shining shirt of steel ; They heaved no sigh, and they shed no tear, Hath bidden the blood congeal. ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1863)
"... a liquid is obtained, from which the addition of hydrochloric acid in excess separates a new acid in oily drops, which congeal on agitation. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"If too hot, the liquid fat would run off the wicks ; if too cold, the material would congeal too quickly and adhere to the wicks irregularly and in lumps. ..."

4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"The kernel or seed contains an oil of inferior quality and more rancid flavour : it does not congeal and is chiefly used by the poor."—Ibid., vol. 2, p. ..."

5. Chemical Experiments: Illustrating the Theory, Practice, and Application of by George William Francis (1850)
"Watch the time when the surface of the melted metal begins to congeal, and then by means of a wire, or string, pull out the plug, that the metal which is ..."

6. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1858)
"... d to this fixt form Yet all congeal'a and magically asleep By " Peace, lie still !"—Well may the filmed eye Of ignorance here behold in cloudy robe The ..."

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