uncongeal

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verb

To become liquid again; to thaw.

OriginEnglish congeal ← Middle English congelen ← Middle French congeler →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person uncongeals · participle present uncongealing · participle past uncongealed · past uncongealed

  1. intransitiveTo become liquid again; to thaw.

    Like soften'd airs that blowing steal, / When meres begin to uncongeal, / The sweet church bells began to peal.

    1833–1834 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “The Two Voices”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 143
  2. transitiveTo make less rigid
  3. transitiveTo become less rigid

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  11. Proto-Italic*kom
  12. Proto-Italic*kom-
  13. Latincon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  15. Latingelū
  16. Latingelō
  17. Latincongelō
  18. Middle Frenchcongeler
  19. Middle Englishcongelen
  20. Englishcongeal
  21. Englishuncongeal

From un- + congeal.

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APA

uncongeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncongeal

MLA

“uncongeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncongeal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncongeal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncongeal.

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