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refreeze, v.|riːˈfriːz| [re- 5 a.] trans. and intr. To freeze again. a. trans.1794J. Williams in A Cabinet, etc. p. vii, He can..thaw coagulation, and refreeze the billows. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xi. 77 The surface of the snow had been partially melted by the sun and then refrozen. b. intr.1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xli. (1856) 377 The surface thaw..is protected from re-freezing by the very snow through which it has descended. 1875J. Croll Climate & T. App. vi. 554 The water..refreezes the moment it is relieved from pressure. |