deliquate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1617; borrowed from Latin dēliquātus, perfect passive participle of dēliquō (“to clarify, skim a liquid”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɪkweɪt/ === Verb === deliquate (third-person singular simple present deliquates, present participle deliquating, simple past and past participle deliquated) (obsolete) (transitive) To cause (something) to melt away; to consume, to dissolve. (intransitive) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “deliquate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === eliquated == Latin == === Participle === dēliquāte vocative masculine singular of dēliquātus