froze

Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze} (fr[=o]z); p. p. {Frozen}
   (fr[=o]"z'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen,
   freosen, AS. fre['o]san; akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G.
   frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw. frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius
   cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient,
   cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a]
   ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf. {Frost}.]
   1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
      to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
      hardened into ice or a like solid body.
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   Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
         thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
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   2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
      loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
      freezes in the veins.
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   {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
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Froze \Froze\,
   imp. of {Freeze}.
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