\del-ih-KWES\, intransitive verb: 1 To melt away or to disappear as if by melting 2 (Chemistry) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies 3 To become fluid or soft with age, as certain fungi 4 To form many small divisions or branches -- used especially of the veins of a leaf
melt or become liquid by absorbig moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily" melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually deliquesced