con·geal /kənˈʤi(ə)l/
(vt.)(vi.)(使)凍結,(使)凝結
con·geal /kənˈʤɪ(ə)l/ 及物動詞
Con·geal v. t. [imp. & p. p. Congealed p. pr. & vb. n. Congealing.]
1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
Syn: -- jell, set.
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.
Con·geal, 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.
Syn: -- jell, set.
Lest zeal, now melted . . .
Cool and congeal again to what it was. --Shak.
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congeal
v : become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the
enzyme" [syn: jell, set]