indissoluble

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INDIS'SOLUBLE, adjective [Latin 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.
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