† ˈfrigerate, v. Obs.—0
[f. L. frīgerāt- ppl. stem of frīgerāre to cool, f. frīgus: see frigid and -ate.]
trans. To make frigid; to cool. So † frigeˈration Obs.—1 [see -ation], the action or process of cooling; † ˈfrigeratory Obs.—0 [see -ory], see quot.
| 1656–81 Blount Glossogr., Frigerate, to cool. Frigeratory, a Cooling-house, or place. a 1691 Boyle Hist. Air xl. (1692) 248 Which wonderful Change I should not so much ascribe to a Frigeration of the Air..as to some nitrous..Exhalations. |