different between refrigerate vs frigerate

English

Etymology

From participle stem of Latin refriger? (“to make cold”), from re- + friger?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???f??d???e?t/

Verb

refrigerate (third-person singular simple present refrigerates, present participle refrigerating, simple past and past participle refrigerated)

1. (transitive, obsolete in general sense) To cool down, make cool.
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     the other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart.

2. (transitive) Now specifically, to keep cool by containing within a refrigerator.

   Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.

Related terms

• refrigerant
• refrigeration
• refrigerator

Translations

See also

• refrigeration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Verb

refrigerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of refrigerare
2. second-person plural imperative of refrigerare
3. feminine plural of refrigerato

Latin

Verb

refr?ger?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of refr?ger?

English

Etymology

From Latin frigerare, from frigus (“cold”).

Verb

frigerate (third-person singular simple present frigerates, present participle frigerating, simple past and past participle frigerated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make cool.

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Related terms

• refrigerate

Anagrams

• fire grate, fire-grate, firegrate

Latin

Verb

fr?ger?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fr?ger?