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.


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