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† perˈfrigerate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. perfrīgerā-re, f. per- 2 + frīgerāre to make cool.]
trans. To cool or chill through or thoroughly. So † perfrigeˈration [also in mod.F.], the action of cooling or condition of being cooled through.
1585Greene Planetomachia Wks. (Grosart) V. 104 The peculiar diseases to this starre are..windinesse, imbecillitie of heate, perfrigerations, and such others. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. x. 106 The heart-strings of these women must be very much perfrigerated, by reason of the inward defect of heat. Ibid., The advenient perfrigeration of inspired aire. 1658tr. Porta's Nat. Magic iv. xiv. 140 Perfrigerated Argil..will keep corn thirty or forty years from corruption. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., Their breathing is not acknowledged by diverse, who acknowledg only perfrigeration. |