liquate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: li=quate

CIDE DICTIONARY

liquate, v. i. [L. liquatus, p. p. of liquare to melt.].

 To melt; to become liquid.  Woodward.  [1913 Webster]

liquate, v. t. 

 To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

liquate, v.tr. separate or purify (metals) by liquefying.

Derivative

liquation n.

Etymology

L liquare melt, rel. to LIQUOR

ROGET THESAURUS

liquate

Liquefaction

VB render liquid, liquefy, run, deliquesce, melt, solve, dissolve, resolve, liquate, hold in solution, condense, precipitate, rain.