liquescev.
/lɪˈkwɛs/ rare.
intransitive. To become liquid. Also figurative, to merge into.
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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 > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > be assimilated or absorbed [verb (intransitive)]
to run into ——1570
melt1590
assimilate1763
subside1772
merge1802
inosculate1836
liquesce1920
1831 T. Hope Ess. Origin Man I. 157 When by degrees..the heat..penetrates within the ice so as to make it distend and liquesce.
1920 19th Cent. Dec. 977 The perpetual tendency of privilege, royal as well as any other, to liquesce into the common stream of humanity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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