Infrigidate
//ɪnˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪdeɪt// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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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