Melt \Melt\ (m[e^]lt), n. (Zo["o]l.) See 2d Milt.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Melt \Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melted (obs.) p. p. Molten; p. pr. & vb. n. Melting.]

[AS. meltan; akin to Gr. me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf. Smelt, v., Malt, Milt the spleen.]

1. 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.

2. 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. --Shak.

For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden.

Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Melt \Melt\, v. i.

1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.

2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.

3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

My soul melteth for heaviness. --Ps. cxix. 28.

Melting with tenderness and kind compassion. --Shak.

4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.

The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other. --J. C. Shairp.

5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)