congeal
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō Latin congelōder. Middle French congelerbor. Middle English congelen English congeal From Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish congelar.
Definitions
To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold
To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
To make rigid or immobile.
- We must act before opposition to our plans congeals.
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To become congealed, solidify.
The neighborhood
Derived
congealability, congealable, congealer, congealment, noncongealing, recongeal, uncongeal
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at congeal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at congeal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at congeal
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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