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eliquate, v.|ˈɛlɪkweɪt|
Also 7 eliquat.
[f. L. ēliquāt- ppl. stem of ēliquāre, f. ē out + liquāre to melt.]
†1. trans.
a. To melt (by heat), fuse.
b. To liquefy.
c. To cause to flow freely. Obs.
1621Venner Tobacco (1650) 416 It eliquateth the pinguie substance of the kidnies. 1638A. Read Chirurg. iv. 28 Immoderat heat doth eliquat or melt the humours. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 742 Such [Diureticks] as..only plentifully eliquate the Urine. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 244 It eliquates the Blood, dilutes the Juices.
2. To separate by fusion; to smelt (an ore).
1879G. Gladstone Antimony, The ore to be eliquated. |