liquidize

liquidize
/lik"wi duyz'/, v.t., liquidized, liquidizing.
1. to make liquid; liquefy.
2. to stimulate; give facility to: a thought that liquidizes the imagination.
3. to cause (a sound) to be full, round, mellifluous, etc.
Also, esp. Brit., liquidise.
[1830-40; LIQUID + -IZE]

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