recongealedadj.
/ˌriːkənˈdʒiːld/, U.S. /ˌrikənˈdʒild/ Frozen or congealed for a subsequent time.
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1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold 40 You may by some heedful Trials, made with thaw'd and recongeal'd oyl of Aniseeds, bring the second Weather-glass to be somewhat like the first.
1788 A. Crawford Exper. & Observ. Animal Heat (ed. 2) 71 When the same bodies are re-congealed by exposure to cold, they part with the heat which in the process of melting they had formerly absorbed.
1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Thermom. & Pyrom. i. §1. 4 Thawed and recongealed oil of aniseeds.
1950 U.S. Patent 2,528,506 16 Cooling the composition in place on the closure until it is recongealed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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