liquesce

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪˈkwɛs/

Verb

liquesce (third-person singular simple present liquesces, present participle liquescing, simple past and past participle liquesced)

1. (intransitive) To 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. (figurative) to become more like a liquid
   • 2009, Iain Fenlon, Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music‎^[1]:

     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.

Related terms

• deliquesce
• liquescence, liquescent

Latin

Verb

liquēsce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of liquēscō