See Also: deliquescence(medicine)
deliquescence(dictionary)

annul (iou) and deliquescence (iou)


annul (iou)



annul verb trans. Infl. -ll-. LME.
[Old French a(d)nuller (mod. annuler) from late Latin (Vulgate) annullare, from ad AN-3 + nullum nothing, neut. sing. of nullus NULL adjective.]
Cause to exist no longer; do away with; abolish; cancel. LME.
Milton Light..to me is extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annulled. R. W. Emerson Intellect annuls Fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free. K. Amis You, Who cannot annul a sparrow's footprint.
Declare invalid; spec. declare (a Marriage) to have had no legal existence. LME.
Ld Macaulay A bill, which should at once annul all the statutes passed by the Long Parliament.
annullable adjective (rare) L17.

deliquescence (iou)



deliquescence noun. M18.
[formed as DELIQUESCENT: see -ESCENCE.]
The process of deliquescing; the property of being deliquescent; liquid produced in deliquescing.
Also deliquescency noun (rare) M18.