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  1. intransitive verb To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
  2. intransitive verb To acquire a surface or coat of ice from cold: The lake froze over in January. Bridges freeze before the adjacent roads.
  3. intransitive verb To become clogged or jammed because of the formation of ice: The pipes froze in the basement.
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  1. Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan; see preus- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also freese, friese; from Middle English freesen, fresen, freosen (preterit fres, frese, and weak freesede, plural not found, past participle froren), from Anglo-Saxon freósan (preterit *freás, plural *fruron, past participle froren) = Dutch vriezen = Middle Low German vrēsen, Low German fresen = Old High German *friosan, freosan, friesen, Middle High German vriesen, German frieren = Icelandic frjōsa = Swedish frysa = Danish fryse = Gothic (Moesogothic) *friusan (evidenced by deriv. frius, frost, cold), freeze, = Latin prurire (orig. *prusire, itch (orig. sting, as with cold), cf. pruīna (or ig.*prusina), hoar frost, prūna (orig. *prusna), a burning coal, cf. Sanskrit √ plush, burn, √ prush, sprinkle, later prushvā, a drop, frozen drop, hoar frost. Hence frost, and frore, past participle
  2. from freeze, v.
 

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