Dictionary entry

SOLVENT

Webster's Dictionary 1828

SOLV'ENT, adjective

1. Having the power of dissolving; as a solvent body.

2. Able to pay all just debts. The merchant is solvent

3. Sufficient to pay all just debts. The estate is solvent

SOLV'ENT, noun A fluid that dissolves any substance, is called the solvent

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