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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.
Definition 2024
refrigerate
refrigerate
English
Verb
refrigerate (third-person singular simple present refrigerates, present participle refrigerating, simple past and past participle refrigerated)
- (transitive, obsolete in general sense) To cool down, make cool.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.149:
- the other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.149:
- (transitive) Now specifically, to keep cool by containing within a refrigerator.
- Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.
Translations
keep cool in refrigerator
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freeze — see freeze
cool down — see cool down
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See also
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refrigeration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Verb
refrigerate
- second-person plural present indicative of refrigerare
- second-person plural imperative of refrigerare
- feminine plural of refrigerato