reliquefy

verb

re·​liq·​ue·​fy (ˌ)rē-ˈli-kwə-ˌfī 

variants or less commonly reliquify

reliquefied also reliquified; reliquefying or reliquifying

transitive + intransitive

1

economics : to return to a liquid financial state

… if governments are going to buy these securities to support the markets and reliquefy them, there's a gain to be made there.

—Amanda Morrall

an economy that is beginning to reliquefy

2

: to return to a liquid state of matter

Honey does not need refrigeration; just keep it in the pantry. If it should crystallize, sit the jar in a small pan of hot water to reliquify it.

—Carol Stein and Debbie Moose

The pooled blood eventually clotted but after about 30 minutes reliquefied.

—Robert M. Hardaway

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined at sense 2