- (v.i.) 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.
- (v.t.) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- (v.t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold or abstraction of heat.
- (n.) A frieze.
- (n.) The act of congealing or the state of being congealed.
- (v.i.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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