liquare

liquare [CL] 1 to make liquid, to melt, dissolve. ~at gindypþ GlP 162; ~ata gemylte Ib. 444; in silicem ut in ceram ~antem Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 29 p. 118; decure ~ari Gl. AN Ox. f. 154v; nec ~ari sinant plumbum, ‥ supra voltas memoratas Stat. Linc. II 356. 2 to make (liquid) clear, to strain, purify. mixtura quam in calice miscet [sacerdos] ~ata sit et pura Ælf. Ep. 3. 33; s1257 maxima caristia bladi extitit ‥ quia ‥ nec brasium potuit ~ari in potum competentem Lanercost 65. 3 (fig.) to refine, clarify (style or meaning of literary text). quia vir sanctus non aliter docere potuit quam vixit, ~ebatur auditoribus suis sepe cum effectu et predicatio ejus ‥ efficax Chr. Witham 501; magistrorum sentencias iterata fornace ~antes R. Bury Phil. 158.