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liquidize

[lik-wi-dahyz]
verb (used with object), liq·uid·ized, liq·uid·iz·ing.
  1. to make liquid; liquefy.
  2. to stimulate; give facility to: a thought that liquidizes the imagination.
  3. to cause (a sound) to be full, round, mellifluous, etc.
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Also especially British, liq·uid·ise.

Origin of liquidize

First recorded in 1830–40; liquid + -ize
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British Dictionary definitions for liquidize

liquidize

liquidise

verb
  1. to make or become liquid; liquefy
  2. (tr) to pulverize (food) in a liquidizer so as to produce a fluid
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Word Origin and History for liquidize

v.

1837, "make liquid," from liquid + -ize. Meaning "to run through a kitchen liquidizer" is from 1954. Related: Liquidized; liquidizing.

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