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   Melt , 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.]
   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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   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.
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   For pity melts the mind to love.
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   Syn. -- To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
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   Melt, v. i.
   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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   To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
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   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.
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   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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   To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
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