Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cooling or making cold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of making cold. [Obs.]
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- noun obsolete The act of making
cold .
Etymologies
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Latin frigere to be cold + facere to make.
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Examples
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Calefaction, for example, is never termed a repetition of frigefaction, nor calefaction called a reiteration of frigefaction; nor when a regenerate or mortified man dieth his natural death is he said to reiterate or repeat his spiritual death.”
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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