enfreeze

English

Etymology

en- +‎ freeze

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɹiːz/

Verb

enfreeze (third-person singular simple present enfreezes, present participle enfreezing, simple past enfroze, past participle enfrozen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To freeze; to congeal.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne in Honour of Love:
      Yet to augment the anguish of my smart, Thou hast enfrozen her disdainful brest , That no one drop of pity there doth rest.
    • 1634, Robert Bolton, The Saints Selfe-enriching Examination, page 193:
      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.
    • 1870, Emily Bayne, Sighs of Hope, page 40:
      Eternal night Enfreezes, crushes souls, made strong to gaze On God's most holy light!
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