liquate

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English

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Etymology

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Latin liquatus, past participle of liquare (to melt).

Verb

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liquate (third-person singular simple present liquates, present participle liquating, simple past and past participle liquated)

  1. (transitive)
    1. (metallurgy) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
    2. (obsolete) To cause (something) to become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
    • 1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “[A Catalogue of the Foreign Fossils in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D. [] 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[rancis] Fayram, []; J[ohn] Senex, []; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, [], →OCLC, page 21:
      '[T]is known how eaſily the Bodies, and even the very Bones of ſome Fishes, liquate and diſſolve.

References

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liquate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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liquāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of liquātus