[kuh
n-jeel] 
| 1. | to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing: The fat congealed on the top of the soup. |
| 2. | to curdle; coagulate, as a fluid. |
| 3. | to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles: Some philosophic systems lost their vitality and congealed. |
| con·geal (kən-jēl') v. con·gealed, con·geal·ing, con·geals v. intr.
To cause to solidify or coagulate or to undergo a process likened to solidification or coagulation. See Synonyms at coagulate. [Middle English congelen, from Old French congeler, from Latin congelāre : com-, com- + gelāre, to freeze; see gel- in Indo-European roots.] con·geal'a·ble adj., con·geal'er n., con·geal'ment n. |