Deliquate

v. i. [Lat. deliquāre, deliquātum, to clear off, to clarify, from de and liquāre, to make liquid, melt, dissolve.] To melt or be dissolved. See DELIQUESCE and DELIQUIATE. [Obs.] Boyle.

v. t. To cause to melt; to dissolve; to consume; to bring to ruin. [Obs.] “Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric.” Fuller.

(de-lik'wī-āt), v. i. [From Lat. deliquia, a flowing or running off, a gutter, deliquium, a flowing or dropping down, from deliquare. See DELIQUATE.] To melt and become liquid by imbibing water from the air; to deliquesce.