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Default The word is refrigerate

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:52:09 -0800 (PST), Sheldon >
wrote:

>Chong Dak Pinhead wrote:
>
>> You're confusing the preposition Re with the prefix Re. The preposition
>> does indeed mean in regard to, however in this case it is the prefix Re
>> which means (among other things) again, in words such as rewrite and
>> reread.
>>
>> Refrigerate doesn't mean *regarding cold*, it means *to make cold again*
>> or more commonly *to make cold*.
>>
>> Both are from Latin so I can understand how you have been confused.

>
>Friggin' pinhead.


LOL! Still hate to be proven wrong, huh?