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Webster 1913 Edition


Dissolvent

Dis-solv′ent

,
Noun.
1.
That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
Melted in the crucible
dissolvents
.
A. Smith.
The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate
dissolvent
to the truce.
Mothley.
2.
(Med.)
A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dissolvent

DISSOLVENT

,
Adj.
Having power to melt or dissolve; as the dissolvent juices of the stomach.

DISSOLVENT

,
Noun.
1.
Any thing which has the power or quality of melting, or converting a solid substance into a fluid, or of separating the parts of a fixed body so that they mix with a liquid; as, water is a dissolvent of salts and earths. It is otherwise called a menstruum.
2.
In medicine, a remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, &c.

Definition 2024


dissolvent

dissolvent

English

Adjective

dissolvent (comparative more dissolvent, superlative most dissolvent)

  1. Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
  2. Having power to dissolve a solid body.
    • Ray
      the dissolvent juices of the stomach

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Translations

Noun

dissolvent (plural dissolvents)

  1. A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.

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Latin

Verb

dissolvent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dissolvō