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Dissolvent   Listen
adjective
dissolvent  adj.  Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Dissolvent" Quotes from Famous Books



... is narrowed by party goals, and the forces inherent in the nation which should be employed in readjusting its life to the new conditions are being frittered away in abortive efforts to neutralize dissolvent ideas that are sapping only those organs of our social and political system which are already vicious or decayed. The waste of the empire's resources has no parallel in history. Supreme confusion marks ...
— England and Germany • Emile Joseph Dillon

... and even sugar is in this disorder hurtful: but honey may supply its place in most things; and this is not only harmless but medicinal; a very powerful dissolvent of impacted humours, and a ...
— Hypochondriasis - A Practical Treatise (1766) • John Hill

... very great dissolvent of many things with the sunne, that will not be dissolved any other way; which putts me in mind of the rationality of the method used by Wm. Gore of Clapton, Esq}. for his gout; which was, to walke in the dewe with his shoes pounced; he found benefit by it. I told Mr. Wm. Mullens, ...
— The Natural History of Wiltshire • John Aubrey



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