Congeal

v. t.	1.	To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze. [imp. & p. p. Congealed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Congealing.] 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.
v. i.	1.	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.

Verb

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congeal - become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" Synonyms: jell, set

adhere, agglomerate, blast, blast-freeze, blight, bunch, cake, chill, clabber, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, cohere, concrete, conglomerate, cool, curd, curdle, dry, embrace, freeze, freeze solid, freeze to, gel, gelatinate, gelatinize, glaciate, glacify, grasp, grow together, hang on, hang together, hold, hold on, hold together, hug, ice, incrassate, indurate, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, knot, lopper, lump, mass, nip, persist, quick-freeze, refreeze, regelate, set, solidify, stay, stay put, stick, stick together, take hold of, thick, thicken

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