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li⋅ques⋅cent

  [li-kwes-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. becoming liquid; melting.
2. tending toward a liquid state.
Origin:
1720–30; < L liquēscent- (s. of liquēscēns), prp. of liquēscere to melt. See liquid, -escent

Related forms:
li⋅ques⋅cence, noun
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li·ques·cent   (lĭ-kwěs'ənt)   
adj.  Becoming or tending to become liquid; melting.

[Latin liquēscēns, liquēscent-, present participle of liquēscere, to become liquid, inchoative of liquēre, to be liquid.]
li·ques'cence, li·ques'cen·cy n.
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liquescent li·ques·cent (lĭ-kwěs'ənt)
adj.
Becoming or tending to become liquid; melting.

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