Del·i·quesce v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deliquesced p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing.] Chem. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. --Black.
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