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deliquiating

deliquiating is the present participle and gerund of deliquiate.

Meaning of deliquiate

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.
    • 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 […]1790, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Elements of natural history, and of chemistry
  2. (transitive) To cause to melt.

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Questions about deliquiating

What is deliquiating the present participle and gerund of?
Deliquiating is the present participle and gerund of deliquiate.

Words near deliquiating in the dictionary

  1. deliquescing
  2. deliquesence
  3. deliquiate
  4. deliquiated
  5. deliquiates
  6. deliquiating
  7. deliquiation
  8. deliquiations
  9. deliquifier
  10. deliquifiers
  11. deliquium

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