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English Dictionary: 'Frozen by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre[a2]san;
      akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw.
      frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L.
      prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal,
      pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[be] ice, prush to spirt. [?]
      18. Cf. {Frost}.]
      1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
            to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
            hardened into ice or a like solid body.
  
      Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
               thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
  
      2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
            loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
            freezes in the veins.
  
      {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
            [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frozen \Fro"zen\, a.
      1. Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen
            brook.
  
                     They warmed their frozen feet.            --Dryden.
  
      2. Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as,
            the frozen north; the frozen zones.
  
      3. Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. [R.]
  
                     Be not ever frozen, coy.                     --T. Carew.
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