deliquate

English

Etymology

Latin deliquatus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɪkweɪt/

Verb

deliquate (third-person singular simple present deliquates, present participle deliquating, simple past and past participle deliquated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
    • 1669, Robert Boyle, A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and Their Effects
      I caused an unusual brine to be made , by suffering sea - salt to deliquate in the moist air

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deliquate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

dēliquāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēliquātus
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