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frozen

Today it means: Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form. Full definition →

Middle English frozen

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Middle English · derived fromfresen
Middle English · inherited fromfrozen
English todayfrozen

From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.

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