DELIQUESCES

Verb

deliquesces

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliquesce

Source: Wiktionary


DELIQUESCE

Del`i*quesce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deliquesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing.] Etym: [L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See Liquid.] (Chem.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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