DISSOLVENT

adj. Di"s so2lv'eant. Lat., di olvens. Fr., di olvant. Ger., auflosend. It., di olvento. Sp., disolvente. Having power to di olve: as a n., a remedy supposed to be capable of disintegrating and liquefying concretions in the body, such as calculi, etc. [L, 94 (a, 27).] [s. 597]