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regelate
CIDE DICTIONARY
regelate, v. i.
To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
regelate, v.intr. freeze again (esp. of pieces of ice etc. frozen together after temporary thawing of the surfaces).
Derivative
regelation n.
Etymology
RE- + L gelare freeze
ROGET THESAURUS
regelate
Refrigeration
VB cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice, congeal, freeze, glaciate, benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate, nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter, damp, slack quench, put out, stamp out, extinguish, go out, burn out (incombustibility).
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