refrigerate

Etymology

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

verb

  1. (transitive, obsolete in general sense) To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
    Persons born in winter are, so to say, of a cold and frosty disposition and can thereby exert a refrigerating influence on the temperature of the air. 1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 104
  2. (transitive, specifically) To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.
    Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.

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