congeal

Meanings

1. To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
2. To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
3. To make rigid or immobile.
4. To become congealed, solidify.

Etymology

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.