dissolvent
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of dissolvent
First recorded in 1640–50, dissolvent is from the Latin word dissolvent- (stem of dissolvēns, present participle of dissolvere ). See dis- 1, solvent
Example Sentences
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This it is that most shakes our vital desire and most intensifies the dissolvent efficacy of reason.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
And how did Goethe, that grand dissolvent in his age when there were fewer of them than at present, proceed in his task of dissolution, of liberation of the modern European from the old routine?
From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by William Savage Johnson
If dissolvent ideas do make their way, it is because the society was already ripe for dissolution.
From On Compromise by John Morley
The Italian kingdom is the fruit of the alliance between the strong monarchical principles of Piedmont and the dissolvent forces of revolution.
From The Liberation of Italy by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
There are organizations which it affects like a dissolvent, there are others which it affects like wine.
From Eden An Episode by Edgar Saltus
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