The action of melt, v.1; an instance of this. Also in Old English: †digestion (obsolete). Also with away, down.

Liquefaction. Obsolete.

The action or process of liquefying, or the state of being liquefied; reduction to a liquid state.

spec. in Old Physiol. and Pathology. The wasting away of the solid parts of the body; consumption.

The action or process of converting something into a liquid; liquefaction. Obsolete.

The reduction of a substance from the solid to the liquid form; liquefaction. Now only the melting into water or the like; formerly, also, = fusion.

The process of making or of becoming liquid; the condition or capacity of being melted.

Transformation into a liquid; liquefaction, condensation. Obsolete. rare.

Chiefly Medicine. Dissolution of organic matter into a liquid or semi-liquid state. Now rare.

(un-, prefix2 affix 2.)

Liquefaction or fusion. In in (the) flux.

= fusion, n. Obsolete.

the action of making fluid.

The process or fact of becoming liquid.

The process of fluidizing; the state of being fluidized. (In quot. 1932 = fluidity, n. 1b.)