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