单词 | conglaciate |
释义 | † conglaciatev. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To convert into ice, to freeze. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > convert to ice [verb (transitive)] candy1605 ice1633 conglaciate1686 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ix. 284 Our Colledge Ale..being conglaciated,..upon a Thaw never returned to its self. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xii. 322 The Salt invigorating the Cold of the Water, and so conglaciating the snow. b. To make solid like ice (by other means than cold); to congeal, petrify. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)] congealc1384 sadc1384 resolvea1398 thightc1440 condense1477 constipate1546 condensate1555 engross1561 indense1576 sadden1600 settle1611 densate1613 solidate1640 corporify1644 conspissate1647 consolidate1653 conglaciate1660 solidify1799 densify1820 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vi. ix. 234 Thunder..conglaciates or makes rigid, fluid or soft bodies. c. To make smooth like ice or glass, to polish. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > make smooth and polished or glossy slicka1225 polisha1382 sleekc1440 levigate1617 sleeken1621 slicken1621 conglaciate1656 steel1807 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) iii. xvi. 140 To conglaciate and polish the surfaces of the clouds to such an extraordinary accuracy of figure. 2. intransitive. To become ice, to freeze, congeal. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > be cold [verb (intransitive)] > become cold > freeze it freezes971 congealc1400 gealc1440 frigitate1635 conglaciate1646 take1781 catch1879 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 50 Neither doth..any thing properly conglaciate but water. View more context for this quotation 1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2023 The Water..did by the operation of the introduced cold..totally conglaciate. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vi. 217 The waves conglaciate instant. Derivatives conˈglaciated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid congealedc1384 consolidate1531 baked1547 condensate1555 congelate1574 concrete1598 indensate1599 coagulate1610 condense1610 condensated1625 concreted1634 spissed1635 conglaciated1656 corporified1680 solid1697 incrassateda1706 caked1820 solidified1828 consolidateda1850 sadded1894 densified1900 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus 43 The Moon is of a conglaciated substance. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 56 I went down into several of these Caves..[to find] the petrified conglaciated substances. conˈglaciating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > becoming or making dense or solid conglaciating1660 corporifying1662 thickening1721 caking1727 solidifying1850 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vi. viii. 233 Of conglaciating Thunders, and the transmutation of Lot's wife into a pillar of Salt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1646 |
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