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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Solvent

/(sŏl"vent)/ · Sol·vent · IPA /ˈsɔlvənt/
01 a. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
  1. 1.
    Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
  2. 2.
    Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
02 n. A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of mo…
  1. 1.
    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.(Chem.)
  2. 2.
    That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.