Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FREEZE, v.t.

1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to change from a fluid to a solid form by cold or abstraction of heat. This weather will freeze the rivers and lakes.
2. To kill by cold; but we often add the words to death. This air will freeze you, or freeze you to death.
3. To chill; to give the sensation of cold and shivering. This horrid tale freezes my blood.