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