v. Also 7 eliquat. [f. L. ēliquāt- ppl. stem of ēliquāre, f. ē out + liquāre to melt.]
† 1. trans. a. To melt (by heat), fuse. b. To liquefy. c. To cause to flow freely. Obs.
1621. Venner, Tobacco (1650), 416. It eliquateth the pinguie substance of the kidnies.
1638. A. Read, Chirurg., iv. 28. Immoderat heat doth eliquat or melt the humours.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., XIX. 742/1. Such [Diureticks] as … only plentifully eliquate the Urine.
1710. T. Fuller, Pharm. Extemp., 244. It eliquates the Blood, dilutes the Juices.
2. To separate by fusion; to smelt (an ore).
1879. G. Gladstone, Antimony. The ore to be eliquated.
