deliquiate

English

Etymology

From Latin deliquia (“a flowing off, a gutter”), deliquium (“a flowing down”), from deliquare. See deliquate.

Verb

deliquiate (third-person singular simple present deliquiates, present participle deliquiating, simple past and past participle deliquiated)

1. (intransitive) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.
   • 1790, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Elements of natural history, and of chemistry:

     Its strong taste, its tendency to deliquiate, and indeed all its properties, lead us to think, that it would act powerfully on the animal œconomy […]

2. (transitive) To cause to melt.