liquate

American  

[lahy-kweyt] / ˈlaɪ kweɪt /

verb (used with object)

liquated, liquating

1. to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin.

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verb (used without object)

liquated, liquating

1. to become separated by such a fusion (often followed byout ).

liquate British  

/ ˈlaɪkweɪt /

verb

1. to separate one component of (an alloy, impure metal, or ore) by heating so that the more fusible part melts

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Other Word Forms

• liquation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of liquate

1660–70; < Latin liquātus, past participle of liquāre to liquefy, melt. See liquid, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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liquated

Weight of argentiferous lead liquated out 494.2 lbs.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

The extraction into the liquated lead would be about 80% of the silver.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

If the cakes were too small, they required proportionately more fuel and labour; whilst if too large, the copper began to melt before the maximum lead was liquated.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Average value of the liquated lead per ton 28 ozs.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

The silver in these liquation cakes would run about 24 ozs. per ton, in the liquated lead about 36 ozs. per ton, and in the liquation thorns 24 ozs. per ton.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola