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liquefy

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liq⋅ue⋅fy

  [lik-wuh-fahy]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to make or become liquid.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME lyquefyen < OF liquefier, trans. of L liquefacere to melt (see liquefacient ); see -fy

Related forms:
liq⋅ue⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
liq⋅ue⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
melt, fuse, dissolve, thaw; condense.

Antonyms:
solidify; evaporate.
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liq·ue·fy also liq·ui·fy   (lĭk'wə-fī')   
v.   liq·ue·fied also liq·ui·fied, liq·ue·fy·ing also liq·ui·fy·ing, liq·ue·fies also liq·ui·fies

v.   tr.
To cause to become liquid, especially:
a. To melt (a solid) by heating.
v.   intr.
To become liquid.

[Middle English liquefien, from Old French liquefier, from Latin liquefacere : liquēre, to be liquid + facere, to make; see fact.]
liq'ue·fi'er n.
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Word Origin & History

liquefy 
1425, from O.Fr. liquefier, from L. liquefacere "make liquid, melt," from liquere "be fluid" + facere "to make" (see factitious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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