v. rare. [f. COLD a. + -EN5.]

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  1.  trans. To make cold.

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1843.  J. Epps, Dom. Homœop., 115. Place in a cold bath, coldened by ice.

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1863.  Grosart, Small Sins (ed. 2), 87. To colden his ‘first love.’

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  2.  intr. To become cold.

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1863.  Grosart, Small Sins (ed. 2), 79–80. When the child of God suffers his thoughts to wander, his affections to colden.

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