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infrigidating

infrigidating is the present participle and gerund of infrigidate.

Meaning of infrigidate

Verb

infrigidate (third-person singular simple present infrigidates, present participle infrigidating, simple past and past participle infrigidated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make (something) cold; to chill.
    • […] 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; […]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...

Questions about infrigidating

What is infrigidating the present participle and gerund of?
Infrigidating is the present participle and gerund of infrigidate.

Words near infrigidating in the dictionary

  1. infrigidant
  2. infrigidants
  3. infrigidate
  4. infrigidated
  5. infrigidates
  6. infrigidating
  7. infrigidation
  8. infrigidative
  9. infringe
  10. infringeable
  11. infringed

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