frigerate

English

Etymology

From Latin frigerare, from frigus (“cold”).

Verb

frigerate (third-person singular simple present frigerates, present participle frigerating, simple past and past participle frigerated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make cool.
    • 1891, The Federal Reporter, volume 46, page 771:
      Further, I am aware that chloride of calcium has been exposed in a frigerating chamber to absorb moisture from the air therein; […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for frigerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

frīgerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of frīgerō
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