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To grow stiff
jellify, gel, jelly, thicken, clot, coagulate, solidify, congeal, condense, set, curdle, freeze, inspissate, cake, chill, candy, crystallize; see also harden 2.
Antonyms soften*, melt, liquefy.
To cause to become stiff
harden, benumb, anneal, starch, petrify, ossify, brace, prop, cement, fix, precipitate, evaporate, strengthen, invigorate, revive, bring to, inflate.
Antonyms relax*, moisten, limber.

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