liquesce, v. rare.
(lɪˈkwɛs)
[ad. L. liquescĕre to become liquid.]
intr. To become liquid. Also fig., to merge into.
| 1831 T. Hope Ess. Origin Man I. 157 When by degrees..the heat..penetrates within the ice so as to make it distend and liquesce. 1920 19th Cent. Dec. 977 The perpetual tendency of privilege, royal as well as any other, to liquesce into the common stream of humanity. |