liquefy
[lik-wuh-fahy]
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verb (used with or without object), liq·ue·fied, liq·ue·fy·ing.
to make or become liquid.
Origin of liquefy
1375–1425; late Middle English lyquefyen < Old French liquefier, translation of Latin liquefacere to melt (see liquefacient); see -fy
Synonyms for liquefy
Antonyms for liquefy
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Where solid media are employed they must first be liquefied by heat.
The Elements of Bacteriological TechniqueJohn William Henry Eyre
If one of them had dared I wonder whether the blood would have liquefied.
The Strange Case of Mortimer FenleyLouis Tracy
No degree of cold, hitherto tried, has liquefied the gas when dry.
They are made waterproof by painting with paraffin, which has been liquefied in gasoline.
Touring AfootClaude Powell Fordyce
Most of the atmospheric gases have not only been liquefied, but also frozen solid.
MeteorologyCharles Fitzhugh Talman
liquefy
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
Word Origin for liquefy
C15: via Old French from Latin liquefacere to make liquid
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