Deliquate
(Del"i*quate) v. i. [L. deliquatus, p. p. of deliquare to clear off, de- + liquare to make liquid,
melt, dissolve.] To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [Obs.] Boyle.
Deliquate
(Del"i*quate), v. t. To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. [Obs.]
Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric.
Fuller. Deliquation
(Del`i*qua"tion) n. A melting. [Obs.]
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. Deliquescence
(Del`i*ques"cence) n. [Cf. F. déliquescence.] The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process
by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.
Deliquescent
(Del`i*ques"cent) a. [L. deliquescens, -entis, p. pr. of deliquescere: cf. F. déliquescent.]
1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and
becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.
2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. Gray.
Deliquiate
(De*liq"ui*ate) v. i. [L. deliquia a flowing off, a gutter, deliquium a flowing down, fr. deliquare.
See Deliquate.] To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce. Fourcroy.
Deliquiation
(De*liq`ui*a"tion) n. The act of deliquiating.
Deliquium
(||De*liq"ui*um) n. [L. See Deliquiate.]
1. (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a
deliquium. [R.]
2. A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.] Bacon.
3. A melting or maudlin mood. Carlyle.
Deliracy
(De*lir"a*cy) n. [See Delirate.] Delirium. [Obs.]
Delirament
(De*lir"a*ment) n. [L. deliramentum, fr. delirare. See Delirium.] A wandering of the mind; a
crazy fancy. [Obs.] Heywood.
Delirancy
(De*lir"an*cy) n. Delirium. [Obs.] Gauden.
Delirant
(De*lir"ant) a. [L. delirans, - antis, p. pr. of delirare. See Delirium.] Delirious. [Obs.] Owen.
Delirate
(De*lir"ate) v. t. & i. [L. deliratus, p. p. of delirare. See Delirium.] To madden; to rave. [Obs.]
An infatuating and delirating spirit in it.
Holland. Deliration
(Del`i*ra"tion) n. [L. deliratio.] Aberration of mind; delirium. J. Morley.
Deliration or alienation of the understanding.
Mede.
