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Webster 1913 Edition


Refrigerate

Re-frig′er-ate

(-āt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Refrigerated
(-āˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Refrigerating
.]
[L.
refrigeratus
, p. p. of
refrigerare
; pref.
re-
re- +
frigerare
to make cool, fr.
frigus
,
frigoris
, coolness. See
Frigid
.]
To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.

Webster 1828 Edition


Refrigerate

REFRIG'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. refrigero; re and frigus, cold.] To cool; to allay the heat of; to refresh.