liquefy
[lik-wuh-fahy]
- to make or become liquid.
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Origin of liquefy
1375–1425; late Middle English lyquefyen < Old French liquefier, translation of Latin liquefacere to melt (see liquefacient); see -fy
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Examples from the Web for liquefied
Contemporary Examples
It would transport bitumen and liquefied natural gas drawn from the tar sands to refineries on the Gulf Coast, mainly in Texas.
But the cherry is liquefied, frozen, with a cherry stem put into it, then dipped it into this incredibly dark chocolate.
Historical Examples
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
- (esp of a gas) to become or cause to become liquid
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Word Origin
C15: via Old French from Latin liquefacere to make liquid
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Word Origin and History for liquefied
liquefy
v.
early 15c., from Old French liquefier "liquefy, dissolve," from Latin liquefacere "make liquid, melt," from liquere "be fluid" (see liquid (adj.)) + facere "to make" (see factitious).
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