dissolubleadj.
/ˈdɪsəljuːb(ə)l//dɪˈsɒljuːb(ə)l/ Capable of being dissolved.† 2. Capable of being dissolved in a liquid; soluble. Obsolete.
1. Capable of being separated into elements or atoms; decomposable, disintegrable; capable of being destroyed by complete decomposition.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separated into constituents > able to be
resoluble?a1425
dissoluble1534
dissolvable?1541
resolvible1652
discerpible1655
discerptible1667
resolvable1771
analysable1784
decomposable1784
decompoundable1797
decomponible1859
1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1285/1 The body being made of the earth, and mixte wyth other elementes, was of nature dyssoluble and mortall.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 105 Volatil sulphureous parts of dissoluble or combustible bodies.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 117 Making the soul compounded, dissoluble and perishable.
1839 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. IV. xii. 218 That which is material is dissoluble.
1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 115 How then should the Gods Being atomic not be dissoluble?
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > soluble
solublec1400
dissoluble1651
dissolvable1653
liquable1658
solvable1669
1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 165 The water..carryeth along with it some of the dissoluble parts of the mine.
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 74 A yellowish gum, dissoluble in an aqueous menstruum.
1809 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 99 339 That the whole of this oxide is not dissoluble in the acid.
3. Of a chain, knot, or anything that binds: Capable of being loosened or unfastened (see dissolve v. 5); usually figurative of a ‘tie’, connection, etc.: Capable of being undone (see dissolve v. 10).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > loosened, unfastened, or untied > able to be
soluble1613
dissolublea1623
dissolvable1642
a1623 H. Swinburne Treat. Spousals (1686) 225 The same Spousals were..dissoluble by occasion of Fornication.
a1639 S. Marmion Antiquary i, in Dram. Wks. (1875) 205 If I stand link'd unto you, The Gordian knot were less dissoluble.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 20 That Mariage is indissoluble, is not Catholickly true; wee know it dissoluble for Adultery.
1803 W. Wordsworth Depart. from Grasmere 2 The gentlest Shade that walked Elysian plains Might sometimes covet dissoluble chains.
1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. 209 The connexion of Austria with Germany was..far less easily dissoluble.
4. That may be dissolved, as an assembly or society.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > that may be dissolved
dissoluble1642
dissolvable1642
1642 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1888) II. v. 153 Did not the people that sent them look upon them as a body but temporary, and dissoluble [1702 dissolvable] at his majesty's pleasure?
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