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DELIQUESCE
[verb]
1. to become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts.
2. to melt away.
3. Botany: to form many small divisions or branches.
Etymology: from Latin deliquescere, “dissolve”, from de-, “down” +liquescere, “become liquid”, from liquere, “be liquid”.
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