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deliquating

deliquating is the present participle and gerund 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 deliquating

What is deliquating the present participle and gerund of?
Deliquating is the present participle and gerund of deliquate.

Words near deliquating in the dictionary

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

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