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del·i·quesce
(dĕl′ĭ-kwĕs′)intr.v. del·i·quesced, del·i·quesc·ing, del·i·quesc·es
1.
a. To melt away.
b. To disappear as if by melting.
2. Chemistry To dissolve and become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
3. Botany
a. To become fluid or soft on maturing, as certain fungal structures.
b. To branch out into numerous subdivisions that lack a main axis, as the trunk of an elm.
[Latin dēliquēscere : dē-, de- + liquēscere, to melt, inchoative of liquēre, to be liquid.]
del′i·ques′cence n.
del′i·ques′cent adj.
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deliquesce
(ˌdɛlɪˈkwɛs)vb (intr)
1. (Chemistry) (esp of certain salts) to dissolve gradually in water absorbed from the air
2. (Biology) (esp of certain fungi) to dissolve into liquid, usually at maturity
3. (Botany) (of a plant stem) to form many branches
[C18: from Latin dēliquēscere to melt away, become liquid, from de- + liquēscere to melt, from liquēre to be liquid]
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del•i•quesce
(ˌdɛl ɪˈkwɛs)v.i. -quesced, -quesc•ing.
1. to become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts.
2. to melt away.
3. Bot.
a. to form many small divisions or branches.
b. to become liquid in the course of maturity, as certain fungi.
[1750–60; < Latin dēliquēscere to become liquid =dē- de- + liquēscere; see liquescent]
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deliquesce
Past participle: deliquesced
Gerund: deliquescing
| Imperative |
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| deliquesce |
| deliquesce |
| Present |
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| I deliquesce |
| you deliquesce |
| he/she/it deliquesces |
| we deliquesce |
| you deliquesce |
| they deliquesce |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I deliquesced |
| you deliquesced |
| he/she/it deliquesced |
| we deliquesced |
| you deliquesced |
| they deliquesced |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am deliquescing |
| you are deliquescing |
| he/she/it is deliquescing |
| we are deliquescing |
| you are deliquescing |
| they are deliquescing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have deliquesced |
| you have deliquesced |
| he/she/it has deliquesced |
| we have deliquesced |
| you have deliquesced |
| they have deliquesced |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was deliquescing |
| you were deliquescing |
| he/she/it was deliquescing |
| we were deliquescing |
| you were deliquescing |
| they were deliquescing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had deliquesced |
| you had deliquesced |
| he/she/it had deliquesced |
| we had deliquesced |
| you had deliquesced |
| they had deliquesced |
| Future |
|---|
| I will deliquesce |
| you will deliquesce |
| he/she/it will deliquesce |
| we will deliquesce |
| you will deliquesce |
| they will deliquesce |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have deliquesced |
| you will have deliquesced |
| he/she/it will have deliquesced |
| we will have deliquesced |
| you will have deliquesced |
| they will have deliquesced |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be deliquescing |
| you will be deliquescing |
| he/she/it will be deliquescing |
| we will be deliquescing |
| you will be deliquescing |
| they will be deliquescing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been deliquescing |
| you have been deliquescing |
| he/she/it has been deliquescing |
| we have been deliquescing |
| you have been deliquescing |
| they have been deliquescing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been deliquescing |
| you will have been deliquescing |
| he/she/it will have been deliquescing |
| we will have been deliquescing |
| you will have been deliquescing |
| they will have been deliquescing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been deliquescing |
| you had been deliquescing |
| he/she/it had been deliquescing |
| we had been deliquescing |
| you had been deliquescing |
| they had been deliquescing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would deliquesce |
| you would deliquesce |
| he/she/it would deliquesce |
| we would deliquesce |
| you would deliquesce |
| they would deliquesce |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have deliquesced |
| you would have deliquesced |
| he/she/it would have deliquesced |
| we would have deliquesced |
| you would have deliquesced |
| they would have deliquesced |
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Verb 1. deliquesce - melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually deliquesced"
decay - undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
2. deliquesce - melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily"
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