MELT
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Melt (mĕlt), n. (Zo&ö;l.) See 2d Milt.
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Melt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melted (obs.) p. p. Molten (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Melting.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr. me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. √108. Cf. Smelt, v., Malt, Milt the spleen.] 1. 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.
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2. 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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Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.
Shak.
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For pity melts the mind to love.
Dryden.
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Syn. -- To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
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Melt, v. i. 1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.
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2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
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3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
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My soul melteth for heaviness.
Ps. cxix. 28.
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Melting with tenderness and kind compassion.
Shak.
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4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See fondue.
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The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other.
J. C. Shairp.
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5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away. Shak.
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