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. (metalworking) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
  2. To melt; to become liquid.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for liquate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

liquāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of liquātus
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