Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Solvent \Sol"vent\, n. (Chem.)
   A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,
   solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the
   appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether
   of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.

   2. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.

Solvent \Sol"vent\ (s[o^]l"vent), a. [L. solvens, p. pr. of
   solvere. See {Solvable}.]
   1. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent
      fluid. ``the solvent body.'' --Boyle.

   2. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent
      merchant; the estate is solvent.

Source : WordNet®

solvent
     adj : capable of meeting financial obligations [ant: {insolvent}]
     n 1: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;
          "the solvent does not change its state in forming a
          solution" [syn: {dissolvent}, {dissolver}, {dissolving
          agent}, {resolvent}]
     2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve
        the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful
        solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he
        computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: {solution},
         {answer}, {result}, {resolution}]