deliquate

verb /ˈdɛlɪkweɪt/

1. To cause (something) to melt away; to consume, to dissolve.

   obsolete, transitive

2. To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.

   intransitive, obsolete

   I caus'd an unuſual Brine to be made, by ſuffering Sea-ſalt to deliquate in the moiſt Air.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1617; borrowed from Latin dēliquātus, perfect passive participle of dēliquō (“to clarify, skim a liquid”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deliquate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← deligatedeliquesce →

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