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MELT, Eng.smelt,smalt. We have in these words decisive evidence that s, in smelten, &c. is a prefix. Melt, in English, is regular, forming melted for its past tense and passive participle. The old participle molten, is used only as an adjective.
1. To dissolve to make liquid to liquefy to reduce from a solid to a liquid or flowing state by heat as, to melt wax, tallow or lead to melt ice or snow.
2. To dissolve to reduce to first principles.
3. To soften to love or tenderness.
For pity melts the mind to love.
4. To waste away to dissipate.
In general riot melted down thy youth.
5. To dishearten. Joshua 14
MELT, To become liquid to dissolve to be changed from a fixed or solid to a flowing state.
And whiter snow in minutes melts away.
1. To be softened to love, pity, tenderness or sympathy to become tender, mild or gentle.
Melting with tenderness and mild compassion.
2. To be dissolved to lose substance.
--And what seem'd corporal,
Melted as breath into the wind.
3. To be subdued by affliction to sink into weakness.
My soul melteth for heaviness--strengthen thou me. Psalms 119
4. To faint to be discouraged or disheartened.
As soon as we heard these things, our heart melted. Joshua 2
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Melt'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/melt.html.
Entry for 'Melt'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/melt.html.
