Thesaurus: congeal

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1. v. t. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
2. v. t. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.
3. 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.
4. v. become gelatinous
5. 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. 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.
6. To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; tobecome solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to bechilled.