liquate

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16
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18
Letters
7

Definition of liquate

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
  2. (obsolete, transitive)To cause (something) to become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
    “'[T]is known how eaſily the Bodies, and even the very Bones of ſome Fishes, liquate and diſſolve.”

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Etymology

First attested in 1669; borrowed from Latin liquātus, perfect passive participle of liquō (“to melt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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