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Verb: deliquesce  ,de-li'kwes
  1. Melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
    "this type of salt deliquesces easily"
     
  2. Melt away in the process of decay
    "The fungi eventually deliquesced"

Derived forms: deliquesced, deliquesces, deliquescing

Type of: decay, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw [N. Amer]