Hypertext Webster Gateway: "liquefy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Liquefy \Liq"ue*fy\ (-f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liquefied}
(-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liquefying} (-f[imac]`[i^]ng).]
[F. liqu['e]fier, L. liquere to be liquid + facere, -ficare
(in comp.), to make. See {Liquid}, and {-fy}.]
To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to
dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of
heat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Liquefy \Liq"ue*fy\, v. i.
To become liquid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
liquefy
v 1: become liquid; "The garden air overnight liquefied into a
morning dew."
2: make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; "liquefy the
silver" [syn: {liquify}, {liquidize}, {liquidise}]
3: become liquid or fluid; of a solid substance, when heated;
"the frozen fat liquefied" [syn: {flux}, {liquify}]
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