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deliquates

deliquates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deliquate.

Meaning of deliquate

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...

Questions about deliquates

What is deliquates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deliquates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deliquate.

Words near deliquates in the dictionary

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

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