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enfreeze en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈfɹiːz/

Etymology

From en- + freeze.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To freeze; to congeal.
   • It is to bee seene in some notorious malefactors, whose hearts, a long continnance in prophane villanies, a furious pursuit of bloud and outrages, and the just curse of God upon them, has so enfrozen and emmarbled, that they are senslesse & fearlesse of whatsoever can befall them. 1634, Robert Bolton, The Saints Selfe-enriching Examination, page 193:
   • Eternal night Enfreezes, crushes souls, made strong to gaze On God's most holy light! 1870, Emily Bayne, Sighs of Hope, page 40:
   • Yet to augment the anguish of my smart, Thou hast enfrozen her disdainful brest , That no one drop of pity there doth rest. 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne in Honour of Love:

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