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Melt
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
(2):
(v.) To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.
(3):
(v. i.) To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.
(4):
(n.) See 2d Milt.
(5):
(v. i.) To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.
(6):
(v. i.) Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
(7):
(v. i.) To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
(8):
(v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Melt'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/melt.html. 1828.
