uncongeal

English edit

Etymology edit

From un- +‎ congeal.

Verb edit

uncongeal (third-person singular simple present uncongeals, present participle uncongealing, simple past and past participle uncongealed)

(intransitive) To become liquid again; to thaw.
- 1833–1834 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “The Two Voices”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 143:
  Like soften'd airs that blowing steal, / When meres begin to uncongeal, / The sweet church bells began to peal.
(transitive) To make less rigid
(transitive) To become less rigid

References edit

“uncongeal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.