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Indissoluble definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDIS'SOLUBLE, a. [L. indissolubilis; in and dissolubilis, from dissolvo; dis and solvo,to loosen.]
1. Not capable of being dissolved, melted or liquefied, as by heat or water. Few substances are absolutely indissoluble by heat; many are indissoluble in water.
2. That cannot be broken or rightfully violated; perpetually binding or obligatory; as an indissoluble league or covenant. The marriage covenant is indissoluble, except in certain specified cases.
3. Not to be broken; firm; stable; as indissoluble friendship; indissoluble bands of love.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved [syn: insoluble, indissoluble] [ant: soluble]
2: used of decisions and contracts

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1542 not dissoluble; especially incapable of being annulled, undone, or broken ; permanent <an indissoluble contract> • indissolubility noun • indissolubleness noun • indissolubly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 that cannot be dissolved or decomposed. 2 lasting, stable (an indissoluble bond). Derivatives: indissolubility n. indissolubly adv. Etymology: L indissolubilis (as IN-(1), DISSOLUBLE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Indissoluble In*dis"so*lu*ble, a. [L. indissolubilis: cf. F. indissoluble. See In- not, and Dissoluble, and cf. Indissolvable.] 1. Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as few substances are indissoluble by heat, but many are indissoluble in water. --Boyle. 2. Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant. To the which my duties Are with a most indissoluble tie Forever knit. --Shak.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Inseparable, never to be sundered, impossible to be sundered or broken. 2. Indissolvable, that cannot be dissolved, that cannot be liquefied. 3. Indestructible, incorruptible, indiscerpible, indiscerptible, imperishable, lasting, abiding, stable, firm, enduring, not to be broken.