All 3 Uses of
congeal
in
The Aeneid
- Mute and amaz'd, my hair with terror stood; Fear shrunk my sinews, and congeal'd my blood.†
Book 3 *congeal'd = thickened; or came together
- His knocking knees are bent beneath the load, And shiv'ring cold congeals his vital blood.†
Book 12congeals = thickens; or comes together
- Then, not before, I felt my cruddled blood Congeal with fear, my hair with horror stood: My father's image fill'd my pious mind, Lest equal years might equal fortune find.†
Book 2
Definition:
transition from a liquid to a thicker liquid or solid
or:
the coming together of an idea or something with many parts
or:
the coming together of an idea or something with many parts