"liquesce" meaning in English

See liquesce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /lɪˈkwɛs/ Forms: liquesces [present, singular, third-person], liquescing [participle, present], liquesced [participle, past], liquesced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} liquesce (third-person singular simple present liquesces, present participle liquescing, simple past and past participle liquesced)
  1. (intransitive) To become a liquid; to liquefy. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-liquesce-en-verb-Jzs0G6xF
  2. (figurative) to become more like a liquid Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-liquesce-en-verb-jO14mfCk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: deliquesce, liquescence, liquescent

Inflected forms

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          "text": "2011, James McCreet, The Thieves' Labyrinth\nIt 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."
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        "(intransitive) To become a liquid; to liquefy."
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        "(intransitive) To become a liquid; to liquefy."
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