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regelate, v.|riːdʒɪˈleɪt|
[f. re- 5 a + ppl. stem of L. gelāre to freeze: perh. after F. regeler (1461).]
intr. (and refl.) To freeze together again.
1860Tyndall Glac. ii. xxiv. 358 The confused fragments regelated to a compact continuous mass. 1863Sat. Rev. 1 Aug. 148 The ice fragments round him had regelated so as to form a solid case.
fig.1874Ruskin Fors Clav. xliii. 158 It..regelated itself into a somewhat compact essay on glaciers. |