liquesce

present singular third person liquesces · participle present liquescing · participle past liquesced · past liquesced

1. intransitiveTo become a liquid; to liquefy.

   2011, James McCreet, The Thieves' Labyrinth It is, of course, the nature of the London fog to descend and liquesce at its own whim. Merely two hours later, Waterloo-bridge presented an entirely different scene.

2. figurativelyto become more like a liquid

   At many points notes liquesce like the liquid letters, so that the interval from one note to another is begun with a smooth glide and does not appear to have a stopping place en route.

   2009, Iain Fenlon, Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music