resolvibleadj.
/rᵻˈzɒlvᵻbl/, U.S. /rəˈzɔlvəb(ə)l/, /riˈzɔlvəb(ə)l/, /rəˈzɑlvəb(ə)l/, /riˈzɑlvəb(ə)l/ Now rare.
Capable of being resolved; = resolvable adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separated into constituents > able to be
resoluble?a1425
dissoluble1534
dissolvable?1541
resolvible1652
discerpible1655
discerptible1667
resolvable1771
analysable1784
decomposable1784
decompoundable1797
decomponible1859
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > capable of being solved or answered
answerable1565
extricable1623
solvablea1676
solublec1705
resolvible1816
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > capable of being resolved
resolvable1528
salvable1661
resolvible1816
soluble1826
resoluble1871
1652 S. Ward Philos. Ess. ii. 36 The former of these Propositions is indeed in it self undemonstrable, as being a principle evident to a considering minde, and so not resolvible into any former principles.
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 43 This is the first of those principles into which the deficiencies of nature are resolvible.
1816 tr. S. F. Lacroix Elem. Treat. Differential & Integral Calculus 102 This equation..is resolvible, both with respect to x and to y.
1818 S. T. Coleridge Let. Nov. (2000) IV. 885 All the other so called Figures of Syllogism are rather Rhetoric than Logic—and are true only as far as they are resolvible into the first Figure.
1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 14 We may construct some Geometrical propositions which are purely Verbal, resolvible by a comparison of Definitions.
1900 Catholic World Dec. 351 A school which teaches that all theological phenomena are resolvible in the crucible of evolution.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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