Liquate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material. transitive
  2. 2
    To cause (something) to become liquid; to liquefy, to melt. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To become liquid; to liquefy, to melt. intransitive, obsolete

    "'[T]is known how eaſily the Bodies, and even the very Bones of ſome Fishes, liquate and diſſolve."

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"'[T]is known how eaſily the Bodies, and even the very Bones of ſome Fishes, liquate and diſſolve."

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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