"Solvent" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A solvent person is one who is able to pay all his just debts in full out of hls own present means. See Dig. 50, 16, 114. And see Solvency
Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent
merchant; the estate is solvent.
That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,
solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate
solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or
acids of metals, etc.
Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent
fluid.
One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.
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The fabled \"universal solvent\" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
Read the complete definitionHaving the power to dissolve anything; solvent.
Read the complete definitionThat which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
Read the complete definitionAny substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
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