melting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MELT'ING, participle present tense Dissolving; liquefying; softening; discouraging. 1. adjective Tending to soften; softening into tenderness; as melting eloquence. MELT'ING, noun The act of softening; the act of rendering tender.
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