Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
LIQUEFY
liquefy, flux, liquify
(verb) become liquid or fluid when heated; “the frozen fat liquefied”
liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
(verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; “liquefy the silver”
liquefy
(verb) become liquid; “The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
liquefy (third-person singular simple present liquefies, present participle liquefying, simple past and past participle liquefied)
(transitive) To make into a liquid.
(intransitive) To become liquid.
Synonyms
• (to make liquid): liquidize, melt, liquidate (obsolete)
Antonyms
• (to make liquid): condense, freeze, solidify
Coordinate terms
• (to make liquid): vaporize
Source: Wiktionary
Liq"ue*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Liquefying.] Etym: [F. liquéfier, L. liquere to be liquid + facere, - ficare (in comp.), to make. See Liquid, and -fy.]
Definition: To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
Liq"ue*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become liquid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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