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Liquefy   /lˈɪkwəfˌaɪ/   Listen
Liquefy

verb
(past & past part. liquefied; pres. part. liquefying)
1.
Become liquid.
2.
Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating.  Synonyms: liquidise, liquidize, liquify.
3.
Become liquid or fluid when heated.  Synonyms: flux, liquify.






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... unsatisfactory, as arthrospores are not true spores and both kinds of reproductive bodies are found in one and the same form. Numerous attempts have been made to construct schemes of classification based on the power of growing colonies to liquefy gelatine, to secrete coloured pigments, to ferment certain media with evolution of carbon dioxide or other gases, or to induce pathological conditions in animals. None of these systems, which are chiefly due to the medical bacteriologists, has maintained its position, ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various



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