Dictionary entry

LIQUEFY

Webster's Dictionary 1828

LIQ'UEFY, verb transitive [Latin liquefacio. See Liquid.]

To melt; to dissolve; to convert from a fixed or solid form to that of a liquid, and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat or caloric.

LIQ'UEFY, verb intransitive To be melted; to become liquid.