- to solidify or thicken by cooling or freezing
- to thicken; coagulate; jell
Origin of congeal
Middle English congelen from Old French congeler from Classical Latin congelare from com-, together + gelare, to freeze: see gelatin
verb
- When runny egg yolks cool and solidify, this is an example of a time when they congeal.
- When the parts of a play come together to form a cohesive whole, this is an example of a time when they congeal.
To congeal is to solidify, especially by cooling, or to take shape, especially to form a satisfying whole.
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verb
con·gealed, con·geal·ing, con·gealsverb
intransitive- To solidify or coagulate: Fat congealed in globs on the surface of the soup.
- To come together so as to form a whole or produce a result: “The colliding ideologies and personalities congealed into an acute electoral and constitutional crisis” ( Susan Dunn )
verb
transitive- To cause to solidify or coagulate: The cool air congealed the fat.
- To cause to come together to form a whole or produce a result: The conversation congealed his thoughts into a theory.
Origin of congeal
Middle English congelen from Old French congeler from Latin congelāre com- com- gelāre to freeze ; see gel- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- con·geal′a·ble
adjective
- con·geal′er
noun
- con·geal′ment
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present congeals, present participle congealing, simple past and past participle congealed)
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Sentence Examples
- Fruit Pectin: Fruit pectin is often used to help liquids congeal in jams and jellies, and can have a similar function in gluten-free bread.
- 4 By the middle of September snow flurries have announced the imminence of winter, the smaller streams congeal, the earth freezes, the miner perforce abandons his diggings, and navigation ceases even on the Yukon in October.