resolvent

& s. [Lat. resolvens, pr. par. of resolvo =to resolve (q.v.).] A. As adjective: Having the power or quality of resolving or di olving; causing solution. B. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: That which has the power of resolving or causing solution. 2. Med.: That which has the power of dispersing inflammation, and preventing the suppuration of tumors; a discutient. "Young people, such as live effeminately, require to be treated with milder resolvents than those who live a laboring life."-Wiseman: Surgery , bk. i., ch. xix. Certain medicines are cla ed as Alteratives and Resolvents. Examples, Calomel and Opium, or Mercury, Squills, and is. rě-şõlv-er, s . [Eng. resolv (e), v.; -er.] 1. One who or that which separates, di olves, or disperses. "Opium if duly corrected and prepared, proves sometimes a great resolver , and commonly a great sudorific."- Boyle : Works , ii. 188. 2. One who or that which solves. "The opinionative resolver thinks all these easie know. ables."-Glanvill: Scepsis. (Pref.) 3. One who forms a firm resolution.