Liq'ui-dāte, v. t.
(lĭk'wī-dāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. LIQUIDATED; p. pr. & vb. n. LIQUIDATING.] [L. Lat. liquidare, liquidatum, from Lat. liquidus, liquid, clear; It. liquidare, Sp. liquidar, Fr. liquider.]
- To make liquid.
- To make clear or transparent, as by melting; to clear from obscurity.
Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. Hamilton. 3. To dissolve or clear off, as a debt or obligation; to make payment of; to settle; to adjust; to pay. Fryburgh was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. Coxe.