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<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Thou would'st have . . . <b>melted</b> down thy youth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For pity <b>melts</b> the mind to love. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.</syn>

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<hw>Melt</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; <as>as, butter and wax <ex>melt</ex> at moderate temperatures</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dissolve; <as>as, sugar <ex>melts</ex> in the mouth</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.</def>

<blockquote>My soul <b>melteth</b> for heaviness. <i>Ps. cxix. 28.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Melting</b> with tenderness and kind compassion. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.</def>

<blockquote>The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and <b>melting</b> into each other. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; <as>as, the fog <ex>melts</ex> away</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Melt"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being melted.</def>

<h1>Melter</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Melt"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, One who, or that which, melts.</def>

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<hw>Melt"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.</def>

<cs><col>Melting point</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>the degree of temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses; <as>as, the <ex>melting point<ex> of ice is 0&deg; Centigrade or 32&deg; Fahr., that of urea is 132&deg; Centigrade</as>.</cd> -- <col>Melting pot</col>, <cd>a vessel in which anything is melted; a crucible.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Melt"ing</hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; <as>as, a <ex>melting</ex> heat; a <ex>melting</ex> appeal; a <ex>melting</ex> mood</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Melt"ing*ly</wf>, <ex>adv</ex>.</wordforms>

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<hw>Mel"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.</def>

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<hw>Mem"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Remember</er>.]</ety> <def>To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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