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Liquefy

//ˈlɪ.kwɪ.faɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make (something) into a liquid. transitive

    "We’ll liquefy this rock by heating it in a furnace until it melts and flows out."

  2. 2
    become liquid or fluid when heated wordnet
  3. 3
    To distort and warp (an image). broadly, transitive
  4. 4
    make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating wordnet
  5. 5
    To become liquid. intransitive

    "The substance liquefied upon heating."

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  1. 6
    become liquid wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English liquefien, from Anglo-Norman liquefier, from Latin liquefacere.

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