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. |