Liquate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To separate (the metals in an alloy) by melting the more fusible constituents while leaving the less fusible ones solid.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To melt; to become liquid.
  • v. To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To melt; liquefy; specifically, in metallurgy, to separate, as one metal from another less fusible, by applying just sufficient heat to melt the more easily liquefiable, so that it can be run off from the other. Also eliquate.
  • To become liquefied or dissolved; melt.
  • Word Usage
    "However, notwithstanding the use of cupro-manganese, the tin, as in ordinary bronzes, has a tendency to liquate in those portions of the mould which are the hottest, and which become solid the last, especially in the case of moulds having a great width."
    Verb Form
    liquated    liquates    liquating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    melt