- AS. meltan; akin to Gr. me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. √108. Cf. Smeltv.MaltMilt 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.
- 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.Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.For pity melts the mind to love.To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
