SOLV'ENT, adjective 1. Having the power of dissolving; as a solvent body. 2. Able to pay all just debts. The merchant is solvent 3. Sufficient to pay all just debts. The estate is solvent SOLV'ENT, noun A fluid that dissolves any substance, is called the solvent
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