solvendoadj.
Now Scottish.
Solvent. Modified forms (as silvendy), with transference of meaning, also occur in Scottish dialect use.
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a1684 R. Leighton Wks. (1868) 492 If God be solvendo, if he be a sufficient debtor.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solvendo esse, a Term in Law, signifying that a Man hath wherewith to pay, or is a Person solvent.]
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Solvendie, sufficient to pay one's debts, solvent, Ang[us]... Lat. Solvendus. Solvendo is also used, Aberd[een].
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