v. rare. [f. COLD a. + -EN5.]
1. trans. To make cold.
1843. J. Epps, Dom. Homœop., 115. Place in a cold bath, coldened by ice.
1863. Grosart, Small Sins (ed. 2), 87. To colden his first love.
2. intr. To become cold.
1863. Grosart, Small Sins (ed. 2), 7980. When the child of God suffers his thoughts to wander, his affections to colden.