liquesce
/lɪˈkwɛs/
liquesce verb: to become a liquid; to liquefy.
Verb
liquesce (third-person singular simple present liquesces, present participle liquescing, simple past and past participle liquesced)
- To become a liquid; to liquefy.
- 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.2011, James McCreet, The Thieves' Labyrinth
- to become more like a liquid
- 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.2009, Iain Fenlon, Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music
Forms of liquesce
| third-person singular present | liquesces |
|---|---|
| present participle | liquescing |
| past participle | liquesced |
| past | liquesced |
Origin of liquesce
From Latin liquēscere.
Words that rhyme with liquesce
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- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- repress
- second-guess
Questions about liquesce
- What does liquesce mean?
- Liquesce means to become a liquid; to liquefy.
- What part of speech is liquesce?
- Liquesce is a verb.
- How do you pronounce liquesce?
- Liquesce is pronounced /lɪˈkwɛs/.
- What is the past tense of liquesce?
- The past tense of liquesce is liquesced.
Words near liquesce in the dictionary
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