English

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 […]