infrigidate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪdeɪt/

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
    • 1676, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Notes about the Mechanical Origin or Production of Particular Qualities
      yet I have found, that the dry salt, remaining in pipkins, being dissolved in a due proportion of water, would very considerably infrigidate it

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 infrigidate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Verb

īnfrīgidāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of īnfrīgidō
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