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indissoluble, a.|ɪnˈdɪsəljuːb(ə)l, ɪndɪˈsɒljuːb(ə)l|
[ad. L. indissolūbil-is: see in-3 and dissoluble.]
Not dissoluble; that cannot be dissolved.
1. That cannot be dissolved into its elements or particles; incapable of being decomposed or disintegrated; that cannot be destroyed, put an end to, or abolished; indestructible.
a1568Coverdale Hope Faithf. xvi. (1574) 134 Which spiritual body (that is incorruptible, indissoluble and immortall) we haue receiued of Christ our Lorde. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 519 Well fenced with an indissoluble wall. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 109 Atoms, as being the first matter, must also be indissoluble, in order to their being incorruptible. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 44 Some of the drying-earths, employed as cements..which harden into an indissoluble plate or mass under water.
b. That cannot be separated or disunited, as an element, from the whole. rare.
1840Carlyle Heroes iii. (1872) 94 Not a leaf rotting on the highway but is indissoluble portion of solar and stellar systems.
†2. That cannot be dissolved in a liquid (see dissolve 2 b). Obs. (Replaced by insoluble.)
1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. (1667) 41 Indissoluble in Aqua fortis. 1758Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 142 It is mild, unctuous, indissoluble in spirits of wine. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. xi. 487 The clear liquid then should be carefully poured off..from any indissoluble sediment that may remain.
b. That cannot be melted or liquefied (see dissolve 2 a); not fusible. ? Obs.
1751Johnson Rambler No. 174 ⁋4 Some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance. 1826Scott Letter to Lady Davy 6 Feb. in Lockhart, That direful chemist never put into his crucible a more indissoluble piece of stuff.
3. Of something that binds, as a chain, knot, etc., or (usually) fig. of a ‘tie’, connexion, ‘bond’, obligation, etc.: That cannot be dissolved, undone, or broken; firm, stable, perpetually binding or lasting. (The prevailing sense.)
1542Hen. VIII Declar. Scots B ij b, In his wordes he professeth an indissoluble amitie. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt xix. (R.), The indissoluble knot of the manne and of the wyfe. 1605Shakes. Macb. iii. i. 17 A most indissoluble tye. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. iv. 194 This binds together the Actions and Fortunes of Men by an indissoluble Connection of Causes. 1777Priestley Disc. Philos. Necess. ii. 17 There are persons who admit this indissoluble chain of circumstances. 1833Mrs. Browning Prometh. Bound Wks. 1850 I. 139 With links Indissoluble of adamantine chains. 1879Stainer Music of Bible 3 The natural and indissoluble link between music and rhythm.
4. That cannot be dissolved, as an assembly or association.
1649Milton Eikon. v, If..he..were so loath to bestow a Parlament once in three yeare,..was it likely..he should bestow willingly on this Parlament an indissoluble sitting?
5. That cannot be solved or explained; inexplicable, insoluble. rare.
1868Pref. Digby's Voy. Medit. 35 An indissoluble riddle. |