liquate

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)

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

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

Anagrams

• Tequila, tequila

Latin

Participle

liquāte

1. vocative masculine singular of liquātus