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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of liquate

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

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Five cakes are placed at the same time in the furnace in which argentiferous lead is liquated from copper, and from these are made lead which contains half an uncia of silver to the centumpondium.

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

Weight of argentiferous lead liquated out 423.6 lbs.

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

Average value of liquated lead per ton 352 ozs.

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

Five of these are placed at the same time in the furnace in which silver-lead is liquated from copper; these drip three centumpondia of lead, each of which contains half an uncia of silver.

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

Against the third long wall are the furnaces in which silver and lead are liquated from copper.

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

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