liquefy
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become liquid.
had been liquefying
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past perfect progressiveof liquefy.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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People had been liquefying excess Gruyére in a bath of oxidized wine and mopping it up with day-old bread in the Alps for centuries, but the practice had never jumped the pond.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023
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