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  • 91condense — [c]/kənˈdɛns / (say kuhn dens) verb (condensed, condensing) –verb (t) 1. to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or compass of. 2. to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapour to a liquid or solid state. 3. to compress into… …

  • 92deliquesce — [del΄i kwes′] vi. deliquesced, deliquescing [L deliquescere < de , from + liquescere, to melt, inchoative of liquere, to be LIQUID] 1. to melt away 2. Biol. a) to melt away in the course of growth or decay, as parts of certain fungi b) to… …

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  • 93dissolve — [di zälv′, dizôlv′] vt., vi. dissolved, dissolving [ME dissolven < L dissolvere, to loosen < dis , apart + solvere, to loosen: see SOLVE] 1. to make or become liquid; liquefy; melt 2. to merge with a liquid; pass or make pass into solution… …

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  • 94liquefacient — [lik΄wi fā′shənt] adj. [< L liquefaciens, prp. of liquefacere: see LIQUID & FACIENT] that liquefies, or causes to become liquid n. something that causes liquefaction …

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  • 95liquefy — [lik′wi fī΄] vt., vi. liquefied, liquefying [Fr liquefier < L liquefacere: see LIQUID & FY] to make or become liquid SYN. MELT liquefiable adj. liquefier n …

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  • 96deliquesce — v.intr. 1 become liquid, melt. 2 Chem. dissolve in water absorbed from the air. Derivatives: deliquescence n. deliquescent adj. Etymology: L deliquescere (as DE , liquescere incept. of liquere be liquid) …

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  • 97liquefy — v.tr. & intr. (also liquify) ( ies, ied) Chem. make or become liquid. Derivatives: liquefacient adj. & n. liquefaction n. liquefactive adj. liquefiable adj. liquefier n. Etymology: F liqueacutefier f. L liquefacere f. liquere be liquid …

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  • 98liq´ue|fi´er — liq|ue|fy «LIHK wuh fy», transitive verb, intransitive verb, fied, fy|ing. to change into a liquid; make or become liquid: »Liquefied air is extremely cold. ╂[< Middle French liquéfier, learned borrowing from Latin liquefacere < liquēre be… …

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  • 99liq´ue|fi´able — liq|ue|fy «LIHK wuh fy», transitive verb, intransitive verb, fied, fy|ing. to change into a liquid; make or become liquid: »Liquefied air is extremely cold. ╂[< Middle French liquéfier, learned borrowing from Latin liquefacere < liquēre be… …

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  • 100liq|ue|fy — «LIHK wuh fy», transitive verb, intransitive verb, fied, fy|ing. to change into a liquid; make or become liquid: »Liquefied air is extremely cold. ╂[< Middle French liquéfier, learned borrowing from Latin liquefacere < liquēre be fluid +… …

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