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dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [R.]

Delirium. [Obs.]

A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy. [Obs.] Heywood.

Delirium. [Obs.] Gauden.

Delirious. [Obs.] Owen.

To madden; to rave. [Obs.] An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland.

Aberration of mind; delirium. J. Motley. Deliration or alienation of the understanding. Mede.

A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. -- n.

Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- De*lir"i*ous*ly, adv. -- De*lir"i*ous*ness, n.

Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness. The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. W. Irving. The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). Motley. Delirium tremens (. Etym: [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolong…

Delight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Delightful; delectable. [Obs.]

Concealment; seclusion; retirement. The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton.

aracterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott.

Lying hid; concealed.

To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]

Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]

free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death. He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5. Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. Milton.

Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale.