uncongeal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.

Proto-Germanic *anda-

Proto-West Germanic *anda-

Old English and-

Old English on-

Middle English on-

English un-

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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin gelō

Latin congelōder.

Middle French congelerbor.

Middle English congelen

English congeal

English uncongeal

From un- + congeal.

Verb

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

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To make less rigid
3. (transitive) To become less rigid

References

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