liquefyv.
/ˈlɪkwᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈlɪkwəˌfaɪ/ 1. transitive. To reduce into a liquid condition. With object a solid substance; also in Physics, air, gases. †Formerly, to dissolve (in a liquid).
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > make liquid [verb (transitive)]
resolvea1398
flow1413
distilc1470
flux1477
liquefy1547
cut1578
uncrud1598
illiquefact1599
resolve1604
infuse1607
egelidate1609
eliquate1621
liquidate1656
diffude1657
liquate1669
colliquate1680
solve1794
liquidize1837
fluidify1849
the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > dissolve [verb (transitive)]
melteOE
defy1393
dissolvea1475
decoct1540
remiss?1541
liquefy1547
solve1794
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxxxviii I do..lyquyfy it in the oyle of roses.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 10/2 Liquefye the Suger in Melisse water.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. E8 Some of them may be Liquefied by liquour, as earths, salt,..&c., some by fire, as metallick fluores.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 392 The substance in the phial..looks like Balsam of Peru, which may be very easily liquefied.
1833 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Philol. Museum 2 6 Sweat ran from them, liquefying the blood that, had..hardened on their hands and feet.
1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) ii. §21. 26 Simply to liquefy a mass of ice an enormous amount of heat is necessary.
1881 J. Lubbock Addr. Brit. Assoc. in Nature No. 618. 411 Oxygen and nitrogen have been liquefied.
2. figurative. To ‘melt’ with spiritual ardour. (Cf. French liquéfier.) Also intransitive for passive.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > be pious [verb (intransitive)]
liquefy1483
to walk with God1530
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 313/2 From that houre the sowle of hym lyquefyed and the passion of Jhesu cryst was merueylously infyxed in his herte.
?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. vi. 201 That I may lerne..what is to man to be lyquyfyed and molten in loue.
3. intransitive. To become liquid; †rarely to dissolve (in water).
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > become liquid [verb (intransitive)]
flowc825
uncrud1398
uncurd1398
relentc1405
resolvec1450
liquefy1583
colliquate1646
flux1669
liquatea1728
liquesce1831
liquidize1969
the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > dissolve [verb (intransitive)] > in water
liquefy1750
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E4 Othersome will cast wette salt into it [sc. wool], which in time will liquifie.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §840 The Disposition not to Liquefie proceedeth from the Easie Emission of the Spirits, whereby the Grosser Parts contract.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 196 Blood..which liquefy'd at the approach of the Saint's Head, tho'..it was hard congeal'd before.
1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 18 Some stones..do not liquify, and also sink in water.
1812 H. Davy Chem. Philos. in Wks. (1840) IV. 71 Crystalline muriate of lime and snow, both cooled to 0° Fahrenheit..act upon each other and liquefy.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xi. 289 The ice liquefying rapidly.
4. transitive. To give (a consonant) a ‘liquid’ or semivocalic pronunciation.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [verb (transitive)] > liquid
liquefy1714
liquidize1880
1714 J. Fortescue-Aland Note in Fortescue's Governance of Eng. 27 This letter g is also liquified in the middle, as in the word sail from the Saxon saegl.
1842 M. Russell Polynesia (1849) i. 39 They [the consonants] are liquefied to a soft and almost vowel sound.
5. jocular. To moisten or ‘soak’ with liquor or ‘drink’. Also absol.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > slake thirst > moisten with liquor or wine
wash1390
moist1530
liquefy1826
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 5 Mar. (1939) 124 Something of toddy and segar in that last quotation, I think. Yet I only smoked two, and liquified with one glass of spirits and water.
1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 12 When thoroughly liquefied, his loquacity is deluging.
Derivatives
ˈliquefied adj.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [adjective]
moltena1400
eliquate?a1425
remiss?1440
resolveda1500
liquefacted1598
liquefied1599
fluidified1842
liquated1874
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 243/1 Which foresayed..paper balle, she must winde in liquefyede waxe.
1731 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 3 252 Iron melted into a liquified Matter.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 741 Liquefied amber..separated from the oily portions which alter its consistence.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 83 After we had divided the liquefied snow..amongst us we had nothing to drink.
ˈliquefying adj.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [adjective] > becoming
liquescent1727
deliquescing1791
liquefying1898
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxiii. 365 Some irritating liquefying body derived from the decomposition processes going on on the surface of the dysenteric ulcer.
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