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del·i·quesce  audio  (dl-kws) KEY 

intr.v.
del·i·quesced, del·i·quesc·ing, del·i·quesc·es
    1. To melt away.
    2. To disappear as if by melting.
  2. Chemistry To dissolve and become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
  3. Botany
    1. To branch out into numerous subdivisions that lack a main axis, as the stem of an elm.
    2. To become fluid or soft on maturing, as certain fungi.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin dliquscere : d-, de- + liquscere, to melt, inchoative of liqure, to be liquid

OTHER FORMS:
deli·quescence(Noun), deli·quescent(Adjective)


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