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a. [ L. aliquot some, several; alius other + quot how many: cf. F. aliquote. ] (Math.) An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. appliquer to put on. ] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i. ] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit. -- Cli"*quish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Colliquated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colliquating. ] [ Pref. col- + L. liquare, liquatum, to melt. ] To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Ice ] will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call “glass”. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. colliquefactus melted; col- + liquefacere; liquēre to be liquid + facere to make. ] A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. deliquatus, p. p. of deliquare to clear off, de- + liquare to make liquid, melt, dissolve. ] To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A melting. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deliquesced p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing. ] [ L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See Liquid. ] (Chem.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déliquescence. ] The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deliquescens, -entis, p. pr. of deliquescere: cf. F. déliquescent. ] 1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. deliquia a flowing off, a gutter, deliquium a flowing down, fr. deliquare. See Deliquate. ] To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce. Fourcroy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of deliquiating. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Deliquiate. ] 1. (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sinking away; a swooning. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A melting or maudlin mood. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eliquatio, fr. eliquare to clarify, strain; e + liquare to make liquid, melt. ] (Metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. il- in + L. liquare to melt. ] The melting or dissolving of one thing into another. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. liquabilis. See Liquate, v. i. ] Capable of being melted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. liquatus, p. p. of liquare to melt. ] To melt; to become liquid. [ Obs. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Metal.) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. liquatio: cf. F. liquation. ] 1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metal.) The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. liquefaciens, p. pr. of liquefacere. See Liquefy. ] 1. That which serves to liquefy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. liquefactio: cf. F. liquéfaction. See Liquefy. ] 1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem. Physics) The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. liquéfiable. See Liquefy. ] Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. converted to a liquid; as, liquified natural gas; liquified coal..
Syn. -- liquified. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. rendered liquid by heating; changed from a solid to a liquid state; melted.
Syn. -- molten, liquified. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. rendered liquid by dissolution in a solvent; -- of solids.
Syn. -- dissolved, liquified. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. That which liquefies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Liquefied p. pr. & vb. n. Liquefying ] [ F. liquéfier, L. liquere to be liquid + facere, -ficare (in comp.), to make. See Liquid, and -fy. ] 1. 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. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To convert from a gaseous form into a liquid; as, to liquefy natural gas. [ PJC ]

v. i. To become liquid. [ wns=2 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Liquescent. ] The quality or state of being liquescent. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. liquescens, p. pr. of liquescere to become liquid, incho. fr. liquere to be liquid. ] Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt; melting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Liquor. ] An aromatic alcoholic cordial. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some liqueurs are prepared by infusing certain woods, fruits, or flowers, in either water or alcohol, and adding sugar, etc. Others are distilled from aromatic or flavoring agents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. rī to ooze, drop, lī to melt. ] 1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) Being in such a state that the component molecules move freely among themselves, but have a definite volume changing only slightly with changes of pressure, and do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do when the volume of the container is increased; neither solid nor gaseous; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor. Liquid substances may form a definite interface with gases, whereas the molecules of different gases freely intermingle with each other. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. “Liquid melody.” Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Clear; definite in terms or amount. [ Obs. ] “Though the debt should be entirely liquid.” Ayliffe.

7. (Finance) In cash or readily convertible into cash without loss of principle; -- said of assets, such as bank accounts, or short-term bonds tradable on a major stock exchange. [ PJC ]

Liquid glass. See Soluble glass, under Glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not gaseous and has a definite volume independent, of the container in which it is held. Liquids have a fixed volume at any given pressure, but their shape is determined by the container in which it is contained. Liquids, in contrast to gases, cannot expand indefinitely to fill an expanding container, and are only slightly compressible by application of pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not liquids. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phon.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids. [ 1913 Webster ]

Liquid measure, a measure, or system of measuring, for liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Physics) A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the boiling point of its constituents (N: -194° C; O: -183° C.). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Liquid + amber. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and Liquidambar Orientalis is found in Asia Minor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Liquidambar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Liquidated p. pr. & vb. n. Liquidating. ] [ LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid. ] 1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain. [ 1913 Webster ]

A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law. 15 Ga. Rep. 321. [ 1913 Webster ]

If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness). Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To discharge; to pay off or settle, as an indebtedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. W. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make clear and intelligible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To make liquid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To convert (assets) into cash. [ PJC ]

7. To kill; -- used mostly of governments or organizations killing their enemies; as, Stalin liquidated many of the Kulaks. [ PJC ]

8. To dissolve (an organization); to terminate (an activity). [ PJC ]

Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is fixed or ascertained. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. liquidation. ] The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated. [ 1913 Webster ]

To go into liquidation (Law), to turn over to a trustee one's assets and accounts, in order that the several amounts of one's indebtedness may be authoritatively ascertained, and that the assets may be applied toward their discharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. liquidateur. ] 1. One who, or that which, liquidates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company. [ Eng. ] Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as liquidize.
Syn. -- liquefy, liquify, make liquid, liquidize, make fluid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. liquiditas, fr. liquidus liquid: cf. F. liquidité. ] The state or quality of being liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

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