verb (used with object), re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing.
to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
Origin: 1525–35; < Latinrefrīgerātus, past participle of refrīgerāre to make cool, equivalent to re-re- + frīgerāre to make cool, derivative of frīgus cold; see -ate1