English
rigidify
From rigid + -ify.
A compound of rigid + -ify
Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-
Proto-Italic *rigēō
Latin rigeō ‘to be stiff’
Latin rigidus ‘stiff’
Middle English rigide
English rigid
Today it means
verb To make rigid, to cause to be or become rigid.
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Etymograph / rigidify