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refrigerate

verb

  1. keep at a low temperature
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Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/

verb

Etymology: From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.

  1. To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.

    Lo here hath euery fayth[f]ull man a ſure promiſe, yͭ in the feruent heate of tentacion or tribulacion […] God gyueth the faythful man yͭ hopeth in him, yͭ ſhadow of hys holy ſhoulders, which are brode ⁊ large, ſufficient to refrigerate ⁊ refreſhe the man in that heate, and in euerye trybulacion he putteth hys ſhoulders for a defence betwene.

    [T]he other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart.

  2. To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.

    Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.

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