deliquesce

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  1. intransitive verb To melt away.
  2. intransitive verb To disappear as if by melting.
  3. intransitive verb Chemistry To dissolve and become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.

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  1. Latin dēliquēscere : dē-, de- + liquēscere, to melt, inchoative of liquēre, to be liquid.

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  1. from Latin deliquescere, melt away, dissolve, from de, down, + liquescere, become liquid, inceptive of liquere, melt: see liquid.
 

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/dɛlɪˈkwɛs/
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