refrigerate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: refrigerate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for refrigerate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refrigerate v preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil" cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refrigerate \Refrig"erate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refrigerated} (-[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refrigerating}.] [L. refrigeratus, p. p. of refrigerare; pref. re- re- + frigerare to make cool, fr. frigus, frigoris, coolness. See {Frigid}.] To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.