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infrigidate

verb /ɪnˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪdeɪt/

  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; […]

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry infrigidate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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