congeal

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  1. intransitive verb To solidify by or as if by freezing: "My aim . . . was to take the Hill by storm before . . . opposition to spending cuts congealed” (David A. Stockman).
  2. intransitive verb To coagulate; jell.
  3. transitive verb To cause to solidify or coagulate or to undergo a process likened to solidification or coagulation. See Synonyms at coagulate.

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  • But as the driver held open the passenger door and she saw who was climbing out she felt her brain congeal, the blood stop in her veins. —  PurchasedforRevenge
  • Total shortcut: Wait until the wax starts to congeal, then put the entire candle stub into the jar or glass. —  Green Options
  • I'm sure the little Fannies won't re-congeal like the phone companies (who've done such a great job on cell coverage, broadband roll out, easy access to your current minutes used, clear billing etc ...) —  The Big Picture
  • As audiences continue to fragment, congeal, fragment again and re-congeal (if that's a word), the concept of "findability" - both for advertisers in finding the right audience at the right price and for publishers finding the right advertisers for their audience - becomes overwhelmingly essential. —  Adotas
  • That was very well; but it cost more than 300 crowns, and he was no nearer his object than before He now began to dissolve, congeal, and sublime common salt, sal-ammonia, the alums, and copperas; and in distillation, circulation, and sublimation, he spent twelve busy years, at a cost of about 6000 crowns. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852
 

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congeal:   Congeal ·  congealed
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  1. Middle English congelen, from Old French congeler, from Latin congelāre : com-, com- + gelāre, to freeze; see gel- in Indo-European roots.
 

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