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Melt (mĕlt), n. (Zool.) 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. μέλδειν, 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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