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English
Etymology
From Latin infrigidatus, past participle of infrigidare (“to chill”). See in- and frigid.
Pronunciation
Verb
infrigidate (third-person singular simple present infrigidates, present participle infrigidating, simple past and past participle infrigidated)
- (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 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; […]
References
Latin
Verb
īnfrīgidāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of īnfrīgidō