undissolvedadj.
/ˌʌndᵻˈzɒlvd/, U.S. /ˌəndᵻˈzɑlvd/ 1. Not dissolved by loosening, undoing, annulling, dismissing, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > not destroyed
undestroyeda1450
undissolved1535
unrooted?1545
unwracked1627
unextincta1640
unextirpated1663
unextinguished1700
unwrecked1775
unannihilated1797
unannihilate1804
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 26 §15 Every suche celle shalbe..ondyssolvyd..as yf this Acte had never be made.
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 23 v By that firme and vndissolued knot, Betwixt the neighbouring French, and bordering Scot.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης v. 45 As necessity of affaires call'd them, so the same necessity should keep them undissolv'd, till that were fully satisfi'd.
1833 J. Keble Serm. (1848) vi. 127 Those members of the Church also believe..the oaths and obligations..undissolved and indissoluble.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 166 By the law he could not have formed a second engagement so long as the first was undissolved.
2. Not broken up; not dissolved by natural decay.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > not decomposed
undissolved1603
unmouldered1745
undecomposeda1835
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 54 [Andronicus' body] is yet there vndissolued to be seene.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xii. 594 The mast torn down Tore her up piece-meal, and for me to drown Left little undissolved.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xlvii. 155 It is commonly supposed that the Egyptians believed the soul to live as long as the body continued undissolved.
3. Not reduced to a soft or liquid state; unmelted.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [adjective] > indissoluble > not dissolved
unreduced1660
undissolved1674
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland iii. 8 The snows which as well in Summer as Winter continue undissolved.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. iv. 170/2 That which remains undissolved.., is the acid or saline part of the Sulphur.
1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iii. iv. 330 Some things are digested..by some animals, that pass thro' others sound and undissolved.
1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 461 The dissolved portion having the properties of a resin; the undissolved, of asphaltum.
1868 Amer. Naturalist 1 39 Ice accumulates..during the winter, and lies undissolved until late in spring.
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