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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LI'QUATE, v.i. [L. liquo.] To melt; to liquefy; to be dissolved. [Little used.]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (liquated; liquating) Etymology: Latin liquatus, past participle of liquare to make liquid; akin to Latin liqu?re Date: circa 1859 to cause (a more fusible substance) to separate out of a combination or mixture by the application of heat <liquate lead from its ore> • liquation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. separate or purify (metals) by liquefying. Derivatives: liquation n. Etymology: L liquare melt, rel. to LIQUOR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Liquate Li"quate, v. t. (Metal.) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Liquate Li"quate (l[imac]"kw[=a]t), v. i. [L. liquatus, p. p. of liquare to melt.] To melt; to become liquid. [Obs.] --Woodward.