liquere

liquere [CL] 1 to be in liquid or molten state. ut ‥ ~entis elementi qualitatem ‥ in aliud genus converteret Aldh. VirgP 32; ~itur, labitur GlC L 193; ~itur, fluit Ib. 203; esse locum memorant quem mella liquentia rorant Greg. Eli. Æthelwold 6. 1; videres ceras ~entes supra lapidem ‥ diffluere R. Cold. Cuthb. 45 p. 92; pro fluo liquor Serlo Wilt. 2. 65 (v. liquor 1). 2 (trans.) to make liquid, melt. statim de deico sinu mel liquitur / et ad virgineum favum transmittitur Walt. Wimb. Carm. 16; 1371 in charcole empto pro cineribus [plumbi] ~endis v s. Fabr. York 7. 3 (pr. ppl. as adj., gram.) liquid (of consonant L, M, N, or R). sunt et ~entes litterae quattuor, L, M, N, R Bede AM 85. 4 to be clear, bright, limpid. ~entes, hlutre GlC L 171; cartula, percurrens colles camposque liquentes / disticon hoc cantet semper in ore suo Alcuin Carm. 74. 25. 5 to be clear, apparent, evident. Johannes ‥ virginitatis munus ‥ ~et servavisse Aldh. VirgP 29; ex hoc manifestius ~ebit quod ‥ Ib. 37; ~et, liquide patet GlC L 242; sicut ex consequentibus ~ebit W. Malm. HN 503 p. 64; ex hiis ~ere poteritis, quid de aliis sententiam Leg. Ant. Lond. 66; ~et dico quod warantus non potest intrare in warantum sine vocatore suo Hengham Magna 44; c1280 per declaracionem dicte Johanne bene licuit quod dicta piscaria erat cujusdam Elie ‥ in feodo Cart. Osney IV 118; 1352 prout ~ere poterit per particulas Ac. Durh. 207.