MELT

I. verb see: mollify Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat, 2. dissolve , disintegrate , to disappear as if by dissolving , to become subdued or crushed (as by sorrow), to become mild, tender, or gentle, to lose outline or distinctness ; blend , transitive verb to reduce from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat, to cause to disappear or disperse, to make tender or gentle ; soften , ~ability noun ~able adjective ~er noun II. noun Date: 1847 1. material in the molten state, the mass ~ed at a single operation or the quantity ~ed during a specified period, 2. the action or process of ~ing or the period during which it occurs , the condition of being ~ed, a sandwich with ~ed cheese , III. noun Etymology: Middle English milte, from Old English; akin to Old High German miltzi spleen Date: before 12th century spleen