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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISSOLVABLE

a.Dizzolvable. [See Dissolve. ] That may be dissolved; capable of being melted; that may be converted into a fluid. Sugar and ice are dissolvable bodies.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.