Sol"i*date (?), v. t. [L. solidatus, p. p. of solidare. See Solder.] To
make solid or firm. [Obs.] Cowley.
So*lid"i*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being solidified.
So*lid`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. solidification.] Act of
solidifying, or state of being solidified.
So*lid"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solidified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Solidifying (?).] [Solid + -fy: cf. F. solidifier.] To make solid or
compact.
Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem.
H. Spencer.
So*lid"i*fy, v. i. To become solid; to harden.
Sol"id*ism (?), n. (Med.) The doctrine that refers all diseases to
morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view
that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can
receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.
Sol"id*ist, n. (Med.) An advocate of, or believer in, solidism.
Dunglison.
So*lid"i*ty (?), n. [L. soliditas: cf. F. solidité.] 1. The state or
quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity;
compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness;
strength; soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary
quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist
all others; hardness; massiveness.
That which hinders the approach of two bodies when they are moving
one toward another, I call solidity.
Locke.
2. Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; --
as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments
or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.
3. (Geom.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed
space.
Syn. -- Firmness; solidness; hardness; density; compactness; strength;
soundness; validity; certainty.
Sol"id*ly (?), adv. In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly;
truly.
Sol"id*ness, n. 1. State or quality of being solid; firmness;
compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.
2. Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons,
principles, and the like.
||Sol`id*un"gu*la (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. solidus solid + ungula a
||hoof.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass,
||and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.
Sol`id*un"gu*lar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Solipedous.
Sol`id*un"gu*late (?), n. [Solid + ungulate.] (Zool.) Same as Soliped.
Sol`id*un"gu*lous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Solipedous.
Sol`i*fid"i*an (?), n. [L. solus alone + fides faith.] (Eccl.) One who
maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for
justification; -- opposed to nullifidian. Hammond.
Sol`i*fid"i*an, a. Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining
to the solifidians.
Sol`i*fid"i*an*ism, n. The state of Solifidians.
Sol"i*form (?), a. [L. sol sun + -form.] Like the sun in form,
appearance, or nature; resembling the sun. [R.] "Soliform things."
Cudworth.
||So*lif"u*gæ (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. solifuga (better solipuga), a
||kind of venomous ant, or spider.] (Zoöl.) A division of arachnids
||having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also
||Solpugidea, and Solpugides.
So*lil"o*quize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Soliloquized (#); p. pr. & vb.
n. Soliloquizing (#).] To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.
So*lil"o*quy (?), n.; pl. Soliloquies (#). [L. soliloquium; solus alone
+ loqui to speak. See Sole ly, and Loquacious.] 1. The act of talking
to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self;
monologue.
Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy.
Spectator.
2. A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to
himself.
The whole poem is a soliloquy.
Prior.
Sol"i*ped (?), n. [Cf. F. solipède, It. solipede, Sp. solipedo;
apparently fr. L. solus alone + pes, pedis, a foot; but probably fr. L.
solidipes solid-footed, whole-hoofed. See Solid, and Pedal.] (Zoöl.) A
mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a
solidungulate. [Written also solipede.]
The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses, and mules,
etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number.
Sir T. Browne.
So*lip"e*dous (?), a. Having single hoofs.
So*lip"sism (?), n. [L. solus alone + ipse self.] 1. (Ethics) Egotism.
Krauth-Fleming.