01 v. i. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
imp. & p. p.
Deliquesced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deliquescing
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To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.(Chem.)“In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce.” — Black.