Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indissoluble"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Indissoluble \In*dis"so*lu*ble\, a. [L. indissolubilis: cf. F.
indissoluble. See {In-} not, and {Dissoluble}, and cf.
{Indissolvable}.]
1. Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or
liquefied; insoluble; as few substances are indissoluble
by heat, but many are indissoluble in water. --Boyle.

2. Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved;
perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an
indissoluble league or covenant.

To the which my duties Are with a most indissoluble
tie Forever knit. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

indissoluble
adj 1: not soluble
2: used of decisions and contracts


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