liquidize

 [lik-wi-dahyz]  

liq·uid·ize

   [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.
Also, especially British, liq·uid·ise.

Origin:
1830–40; liquid + -ize
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liquidize or liquidise (ˈlɪkwɪˌdaɪz)
 
—vb
1.  to make or become liquid; liquefy
2.  (tr) to pulverize (food) in a liquidizer so as to produce a fluid
 
liquidise or liquidise
 
—vb

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