Infrigidate

//ɪnˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪdeɪt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make (something) cold; to chill. obsolete, transitive

    "[…] I vvas not deceived in expecting, that the dry ſalt, remaining in the pipkins, being rediſſolved in a due proportion of vvater, vvould very conſiderably infrigidate it; […]"

Example

More examples

"[…] I vvas not deceived in expecting, that the dry ſalt, remaining in the pipkins, being rediſſolved in a due proportion of vvater, vvould very conſiderably infrigidate it; […]"

Etymology

From Latin infrigidatus, past participle of infrigidare (“to chill”). See in- and frigid.

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