froze

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past of freeze
  2. (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of freeze
    I have froze a whole flask full of Water, by gradually pouring it into a Pan; which confirms what Olearius ſays of making huge heaps of Ice to preſerve Bodies. 1699, The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Eſq,[…], page 176
    Had the water been fresh our clothes would have froze into coverings of ice. 1891, William Clark Russell, Round the Galley Fire, page 131
    He saw it clear enough, now that the lordling had pointed it out. “They couldn't have froze. Not if the Wall was weeping. It wasn't cold enough." 1 August 1996, George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire; 1), HarperCollins, →OCLC, page 16

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