Solvent1. (a.) Having the power of dissolving; having sufficient funds to dissolve all debts; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
2. (a.) Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
3. (n.) A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
4. (n.) That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
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