liquate

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verb

To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.

OriginLatin liquātus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person liquates · participle present liquating · participle past liquated · past liquated

  1. transitiveengineeringTo separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo cause (something) to become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
  3. intransitiveobsoleteTo become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.

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

    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

Origin

  1. Latinliquātus
  2. Englishliquate

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

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Anagrams

tequilaquilate
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APA

liquate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquate

MLA

“liquate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liquate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquate.

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