Recool

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To lower the temperature of something once more after it has been warmed or heated up
2. Bringing a previously warmed object or substance back down to a cooler state a second time
3. Returning something that had grown hot to a lower temperature, usually after a second cooling step

Etymology: "Recool" is about as plain as etymologies get: it is the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back to a former state", attached to the ordinary verb "cool". The combination produces the sense of bringing something back down to a lower temperature after it has warmed up, such as chilling a dish that has been sitting out or cooling an engine or a drink a second time. The prefix itself came into English from Latin "re-", and it attaches freely to English verbs, so new formations like this one appear whenever a speaker needs to say "cool again". The word needs no special story, and its meaning follows directly from its two parts.

Synonyms: chill, cool down

Antonyms: heat, warm