deliquate

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word deliquate. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word deliquate, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say deliquate in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word deliquate you have here. The definition of the word deliquate will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofdeliquate, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

Latin deliquatus.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to melt away; to consume, to dissolve.
  2. (intransitive) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
    • 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 Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and Their Effects. The I. Part. , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Henry Hall, printer to the University, for Richard Davis, →OCLC, page 37:
      I caus'd an unuſual Brine to be made, by ſuffering Sea-ſalt to deliquate in the moiſt Air.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “deliquate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

dēliquāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēliquātus
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia