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deliquate

/ˈdɛlɪkweɪt/

deliquate verb: to cause (something) to melt away; to consume, to dissolve.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to melt away; to consume, to dissolve.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
    • I caus'd an unuſual Brine to be made, by ſuffering Sea-ſalt to deliquate in the moiſt Air.1669, Robert Boyle, “Experiment XII. About the Differing Heights whereto Liquors will be Elevated by Suction, according to Their Several Specifick Gravities.”, in A Continuation of New Experiments...

Forms of deliquate

third-person singular presentdeliquates
present participledeliquating
past participledeliquated
pastdeliquated

Origin of deliquate

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

Questions about deliquate

What does deliquate mean?
Deliquate means to cause (something) to melt away; to consume, to dissolve.
What part of speech is deliquate?
Deliquate is a verb.
How do you pronounce deliquate?
Deliquate is pronounced /ˈdɛlɪkweɪt/.
What is the past tense of deliquate?
The past tense of deliquate is deliquated.

Words near deliquate in the dictionary

  1. delipidization
  2. delipidize
  3. delipidized
  4. delipidizes
  5. delipidizing
  6. deliquate
  7. deliquated
  8. deliquates
  9. deliquating
  10. deliquation
  11. deliquations

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