uncongealv.
transitive and intransitive. To unfreeze; to thaw.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > become unfrozen
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > melt [verb (intransitive)] > thaw
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > melt [verb (transitive)] > thaw
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1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 85 The infected ayre will vncongeale, and the wombes of the contagious Clowdes will be clensed.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 35 When I came again about two or three hours after to uncongeal the Liquor, by keeping the glass in my warm hand.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 143 Like soften'd airs that blowing steal, When meres begin to uncongeal.
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