dissoluble
Americanadjective
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capable of being dissolved.
tablets dissoluble in water.
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capable of being destroyed, as through disintegration or decomposition.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of dissoluble
1525–35; < Latin dissolūbilis, equivalent to dissolū-, stem of dissolvere to dissolve + -bilis -ble. See dis- 1, soluble
Example Sentences
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But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue, for Beth still seemed among them, a peaceful presence, invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
It instinctively desires that either the bond should be dissoluble, or that the subjects of it should be sacramentally strengthened to maintain it.
From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry
Even this imperfect and dissoluble connection has been but little attended to.
From To Cuba and Back by Dana, Richard Henry
Confarreatio was only dissoluble by diffarreatio, but this was perhaps used only for penal purposes.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde
The conclusion, that most coloured Bodies seem to consist of transparent particles: that all colours dissoluble in Liquors are capable of diluting: some of mixing, what a strange variety may thereby be produc'd.
From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert
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