dissolutiveadj.
/ˈdɪsəl(j)uːtɪv/ Now rare.
1. Having the property of dissolving; producing dissolution or disintegration; dissolvent.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [adjective] > having effect or property of liquefying
dissolutivec1400
dissolvative1577
melting1611
dissolving1620
dissolvent1665
liquefactive1877
dissolutory1925
liquefacient-
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 210 To empostyms of blood þou miȝt do medicyns repercussifs & dissolutiuis sotilly.
1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Rv It hath vertue attractyfe and dyssolutyfe.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 76 Air wants in it self a dissolutive principle of it self.
a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) V. 500 (R.) The air might promote the dissolutive action of the menstruum.
2. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, dissolution or disintegration.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > incohesive > relating to disintegration
dissolutive1886
1886 F. W. H. Myers in E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living I. Introd. p. xliii We have induced [by hypnotism] a change of personality which is not per se either evolutive or dissolutive.
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