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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 del·i·quesce /ˌdɛlɪˈkwɛs/
 (vi.)溶解,液化,解除

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 del·i·quesce /-ˈkwɛs/ 不及物動詞
 潮解,融解,液化(蘑菇成熟衰老時的),歧散(指莖),傘狀(指樹形)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 deliquesce
      v 1: melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually
           deliquesced"
      2: melt or become liquid by absorbig moisture from the air;
         "this type of salt deliquesces easily"