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verb
transitive verb
to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
The cold congealed the water into ice.
to make viscid or curdled : coagulate
to make rigid, fixed, or immobile
intransitive verb
to become congealed : solidify
Oil congeals at cold temperatures.
Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, from com- + gelare to freeze — more at cold
The first known use of congeal was in the 14th century
congregationaladjective
of or relating to a congregation
of or relating to church government placing final authority in the local congregation
congregationaladjective
of or relating to a congregation
of or relating to church government placing final authority in the local congregation
congealverb
to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
to make or become stiff, thick, or lumpy : coagulate
1 On the pitch at the Alvogenvollurinn the second half is a slow congealment towards a scoreless draw.
2 But the real object of protest is an atmosphere, a sense of congealment, the feeling of a luxury vessel simply drifting on its momentum.
3 Suddenly we have a problem with people leaving, a sense of resistance, of profitable congealment.
4 What started as a horrific attack on Israeli civilians, exploiting shock and surprise, is now likely to congeal into a grinding, slow, contentious, and costly battle in the air, on land, on the sea, and in cyberspace.
5 As with many siblings, misunderstandings have congealed into bad blood.
6 But mainly there was a worthy congealment into the compromise of late-Emile, a paragon of earnest labour, drenched in righteous perspiration like a disappointed 1950s' matriarch furiously and unceasingly doing the washing up.
7 And, above all, a sense of congealment, of a handsomely branded stasis.
8 Mike McNally: Amy was essentially … in a pile of blood that was beginning to congeal under her left side.
9 The story will begin to congeal when everyone agrees that this is what happened—a first draft, which then, in the hands of a journalist, becomes a second one.
10 Everyone loves bacon, after all, but absolutely no one wants shiny slicks of fat congealing at the top of their drink.
11 And it is here the congealment set in.
12 Attempts to tighten at the back have already led to a congealment in attack, a team drowning currently in a bog-pit of 1-1 draws.
13 "Well," said I, rising and lighting the gas-logs—for I was on the very verge of congealment—"I am sure I am pleased if you like my stories."
14 But the future has passed, the technocrats have congealed into something creepier and scarier, and everyone on the squad is getting old.
15 the surface of the pond congealed after several days of frigid temperatures
16 And yet the past two years have brought little more than a sense of energetic congealment.
17 Nothing about this season has been consistent except for the laundry list of obstacles Curry and his teammates have to address while trying to congeal as a team.
18 The gravy began to congeal in the pan.
19 Instead Fàbregas played through five seasons of congealment, a lingering star of the austerity years, leaving eventually with a single FA Cup winner’s medal to his name.
20 Chia seeds act similarly, congealing when mixed with water and use the same water ratio, too.