In later use only with into (cf. sense 8). transitive. To cause to melt or dissolve; to reduce from a solid to a liquid or fluid state. Now rare.

transitive (causatively). To make fluid. Obsolete.

transitive. To melt, dissolve (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

transitive. To make fluid, fuse, melt.

transitive. To reduce into a liquid condition. With object a solid substance; also in Physics, air, gases. †Formerly, to dissolve (in a liquid).

To break up, reduce, or dissolve the viscidity of (a liquid, phlegm, etc.).

= uncurd, v.

transitive. To liquefy; to melt.

In later use only with into (cf. sense 8). transitive (reflexive). = sense 1c. Now rare.

To dissolve or melt. Obsolete.

transitive. To render fluid (what is congealed).

transitive. To liquefy (a substance).

transitive. To liquefy, melt. rare.

transitive. To dissolve, liquefy.

transitive. To make liquid, cause to flow. Also intransitive, to become liquid, melt.

To make liquid; to reduce to the consistence of a liquid; to melt down.

To dissolve; to melt. Also figurative.

transitive. To make liquid, in various senses. Also intransitive, to become liquid.

transitive. To make fluid.