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English
Etymology
Latin liquatus, past participle of liquare (“to melt”).
Verb
liquate (third-person singular simple present liquates, present participle liquating, simple past and past participle liquated)
- (transitive)
- (metallurgy) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
- (obsolete) To cause (something) to become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “ Part II .] Pisces eorumque Partes. Fishes in Stone.”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: F Fayram, ; J Senex, ; and J. Osborn and T Longman, , →OCLC, page 21:'[T]is known how eaſily the Bodies, and even the very Bones of ſome Fishes, liquate and diſſolve.
References
“liquate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
liquāte
- vocative masculine singular of liquātus