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
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Very seldom a disease is met with, that is permitted to run its course without dissolvent or cathartic means.
From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by C. W. Wolf
There are organizations which it affects like a dissolvent, there are others which it affects like wine.
From Eden An Episode by Edgar Saltus
Yet few of these emancipated citizens of the world had permitted the dissolvent philosophy of the century to enter the very pith and fiber of their mental quality.
From Beginnings of the American People by William E. Dodd
The Reformation," according to H. A. L. Fisher, "was the great dissolvent of European conservatism.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
On the traditional conception of romantic love inherited from medieval days there can be no doubt that this influence has been highly dissolvent.
From The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis
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