DISSOLVABLE
Dis*solv"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Dissolve, cf. Dissoluble.]
Defn: Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts;
capable of being liquefied; soluble.
— Dis*solv"a*ble*ness, n.
Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature
dissolvable. Cudworth.
Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. Sir
I. Newton.
DISSOLVATIVE
Dis*solv"a*tive, n.
Defn: Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. [Obs.]
Frampton.
DISSOLVE
Dis*solve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissolving.] Etym: [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to
loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.]
1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament. Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. Shak.
2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate. Nothing can dissolve us. Shak. Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. Fairfax. For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. The Declaration of Independence.
3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften. As if the world were all dissolved to tears. Shak.
4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." Tennyson. Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. Dan. v. 16.
5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. Dryden.