deliquate

English

Etymology

Latin deliquatus.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume.
    • Fuller
      Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

deliquāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of deliquātus
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