liquesce

English

Verb

liquesce (third-person singular simple present liquesces, present participle liquescing, simple past and past participle liquesced)

to become a liquid, to liquefy
- 2011, James McCreet, The Thieves' Labyrinth
  "It is, of course, the nature of the London fog to descend and liquesce at its own whim. Merely two hours later, Waterloo-bridge presented an entirely different scene."
(figuratively) to become more like a liquid
- 2009, Iain Fenlon, Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music
  "At many points notes liquesce like the liquid letters, so that the interval from one note to another is begun with a smooth glide and does not appear to have a stopping place en route."

Related terms

deliquesce

Latin

Verb

liquēsce

second-person singular present active imperative of liquēscō

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