Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COL-LIQ'UA-TIVE
COL-LI-QUA'TIONCOL-LIQ-UE-FAC'TION
COL-LIQ'UA-TIVE, a.
Melting; dissolving; appropriately indicating a morbid discharge of the animal fluids; as, a colliquative fever, which is accompanied with diarrhea, or profuse sweats; a colliquative sweat is a profuse clammy sweat.
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