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  • 81jelly — [14] The central idea of ‘coagulation’ takes us back to the ultimate source of jelly, the Latin verb gelāre ‘freeze’ (which also gave English congeal [14]). Its feminine past participle gelāta was used in Vulgar Latin for a substance solidified… …

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  • 82congelative — ˈkänjəˌlād.iv, kənˈjeləd.iv adjective Etymology: Middle French congelatif, from congeler to congeal + atif ative : tending to congeal : congealing …

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  • 83recongeal — |rē+ verb Etymology: re + congeal : to congeal again …

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  • 84jel´ly|like´ — jel|ly «JEHL ee», noun, plural lies, verb, lied, ly|ing. –n. 1. a food, soft when hot, but somewhat firm and partly transparent when cold. Jelly can be made by boiling fruit juice and sugar together, or by cooking bones and meat juice, or by… …

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  • 85jel|ly — «JEHL ee», noun, plural lies, verb, lied, ly|ing. –n. 1. a food, soft when hot, but somewhat firm and partly transparent when cold. Jelly can be made by boiling fruit juice and sugar together, or by cooking bones and meat juice, or by using some… …

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  • 86thick´en|er — thick|en «THIHK uhn», transitive verb. to make thick or thicker: »to thicken a wall. Mother thickens the gravy with flour. SYNONYM(S): coagulate, congeal, condense. –v.i. 1. to become thick or thicker: »The pudding will thicken as it cools. The… …

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  • 87thick|en — «THIHK uhn», transitive verb. to make thick or thicker: »to thicken a wall. Mother thickens the gravy with flour. SYNONYM(S): coagulate, congeal, condense. –v.i. 1. to become thick or thicker: »The pudding will thicken as it cools. The weather… …

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  • 88Appall — Ap*pall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appalling}.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + p[^a]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^a]le pale. See Pale, a., and cf. {Pall}.] 1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.] [1913… …

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  • 89Appalled — Appall Ap*pall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appalling}.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + p[^a]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^a]le pale. See Pale, a., and cf. {Pall}.] 1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]… …

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  • 90Appalling — Appall Ap*pall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appalling}.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + p[^a]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^a]le pale. See Pale, a., and cf. {Pall}.] 1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]… …

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