infrigidate

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪdeɪt/

Verb

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infrigidate (third-person singular simple present infrigidates, present participle infrigidating, simple past and past participle infrigidated)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make (something) cold; to chill.
    • 1666 July 29 (Gregorian calendar), Robert Boyle, “A New Frigorifick Experiment, Shewing How a Considerable Degree of Cold may be Suddenly Produced without the Help of Snow, Ice, Hail, Wind, or Nitre, and that at any Time of the Year. []”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. [], volume II, London: [] A[ndrew] Millar, [], published 1744, →OCLC, page 549, column 2:
      [] 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; []
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References

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Latin

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Verb

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īnfrīgidāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of īnfrīgidō