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noun

Resolvent n.

That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.

(Med.) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.

(Math.) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.

adjective

Resolvent adj. Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.

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Etymology of 'Resolvent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... they are in the sanguine sketches of Antoine Watteau a hundred years afterwards, I am "confidous"—as Mrs. Slipslop would say. For my theory (in reality a foregone conclusion which I shrink from dispersing by any practical resolvent) is, that Mile. de Mons was some delightful seventeenth—century French child, to whom the big volume had been presented as a picture-book. I can imagine the alert, strait-corseted little figure, with ribboned hair, eagerly craning across the tall folio; and following curiously with her ...

— De Libris: Prose and Verse • Austin Dobson

... is a resemblance between this lesion and others which we have considered is in its responsiveness to the same treatment with them. Indeed, the prescription of warm fomentations, soothing applications, and astringent and resolvent mixtures, in a majority of cases, is the first that occurs all through the list. If the swelling assumes the character of a serous collection, pressure, cold water, and bandages will contribute to its removal. If suppuration seems to be established and the swelling assumes the character of a developing ...

— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture