JELL

PRONUNCIATION: (jel)

MEANING: verb intr.: 1. To become clear, cohesive, or definite.
2. To become firm or gelatinous; to congeal.
verb tr.: 1. To cause to become clear, cohesive, or definite.
2. To make firm or gelatinous.

ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from jelly, from Old French gelee (jelly), from Latin gelata (frozen), from gelare (to freeze). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gel- (to freeze), which also gave us cold, chill, gelato, glacier, and congeal. Earliest documented use: 1863. See also Jell-O.
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J-ELL-A - acronym for the Justice League of America

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