'Deliquesce' definitions:

Definition of 'deliquesce'

(from WordNet)
verb
Melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually deliquesced"
verb
Melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily"

Definition of 'Deliquesce'

From: GCIDE
  • Deliquesce \Del`i*quesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deliquesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing.] [L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See Liquid.] (Chem.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
  • In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. --Black. [1913 Webster]

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