refrigerate/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/EtymologyFrom participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.refrigerate means to make (someone or something) cool; to cool down. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 81 out of 100.verbTo make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.“Lo here hath euery fayth[f]ull man a ſure promiſe, yͭ in the feruent heate of tentacion or tribulacion […] God gyueth the faythful man yͭ hopeth in him, yͭ ſhadow of hys holy ſhoulders, which are brode ⁊ large, ſufficient to refrigerate ⁊ refreſhe the man in that heate, and in euerye trybulacion he putteth hys ſhoulders for a defence betwene.”To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.“Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.”