deliquate

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deliquate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deliquate \Del"i*quate\, v. i. [L. deliquatus, p. p. of
     deliquare to clear off, de- + liquare to make liquid, melt,
     dissolve.]
     To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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  Deliquate \Del"i*quate\, v. t.
     To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste.
     [Obs.]
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           Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric.
                                                    --Fuller.
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