conglaciate

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verb

To turn to ice; to freeze.

OriginLatin conglaciatus →
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Meanings

verbconglaciate (third-person singular simple present conglaciates, present participle conglaciating, simple past and past participle conglaciated)

present singular third person conglaciates · participle present conglaciating · participle past conglaciated · past conglaciated

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo turn to ice; to freeze.

    Neither doth there any thing properly conglaciate but water, or watery humiditys

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinconglaciatus
  2. Englishconglaciate

From Latin conglaciatus, past participle of conglaciare.

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APA

conglaciate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conglaciate

MLA

“conglaciate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conglaciate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conglaciate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conglaciate.

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