- liquated
- li·quate || 'laɪkweɪt v. become liquid, melt; separate by melting
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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liquate — transitive verb (liquated; liquating) Etymology: Latin liquatus, past participle of liquare to make liquid; akin to Latin liquēre Date: circa 1859 to cause (a more fusible substance) to separate out of a combination or mixture by the application… … New Collegiate Dictionary
liquate — liquation /luy kway sheuhn, zheuhn/, n. /luy kwayt/, v., liquated, liquating. Metall. v.t. 1. to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin. v.i. 2. to… … Universalium
liquate — /ˈlaɪkweɪt/ (say luykwayt) verb (t) (liquated, liquating) 1. to heat (a metal, etc.) sufficiently to melt the more fusible portion and so separate a metal from impurities or other metals. –phrase 2. liquate out, to separate by such a fusion.… …
liquate — [lī′kwāt΄] vt. liquated, liquating [< L liquatus, pp. of liquare, to melt, akin to liquere: see LIQUID] Metallurgy to heat (a metal, etc.) in order to separate a fusible substance from one less fusible liquation n … English World dictionary
COURLAND — (Ger. Kurland), region of West and South Latvia, between the Baltic Sea and Western Dvina River. Throughout the centuries control of this region frequently changed hands and the attitude toward Jewish settlement there varied accordingly. During… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
